The Problem-Solving, Problem-Prevention, and Decision-Making Guide

24Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Theodore Roosevelt

24.1Making Choices

Every day in life, one thing that is almost certain is that we will be called on to make a choice between different alternatives. We start each weekday deciding whether we will get up and go to work, what to wear, what to eat for breakfast, and when to leave for work. Fortunately for us, these decisions are simple and instinctive decisions and, as such, are undemanding and uncomplicated. As we move through the day at our jobs, the decisions and choices we make become more complex and difficult. Each of our decisions ...