Delivered at the 2013 Counselors Academy of PRSA Spring Conference in Austin, this is a 20-slide Ignite presentation on how to make better decisions. Decision-making is tough, no matter how you look at it, but there are guidelines that can help you make fewer bad decisions and better good ones (both of which are important).

1.
Read
the
Tea
Leaves
Make
Be/er
Decisions
Roger
M.
Friedensen,
APR
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CAPRSA
Spring
Conference
2013
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5. What
is
a
“good
decision”?
One
step
toward
a
desired
outcome.
How
do
you
know
you’re
making
a
good
decision?
You
don’t.
Good
decisions
are
always
past
tense.
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6. Bad
decisions
can
have
a
big
impact
–
for
a
long
Jme.
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7. Fear
of
the
unknown
Aversion
to
risk
Skills
&
experience
Fear
of
failure
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8. Compulsion
≠
Choice
Lemme
think
about
this…
Run
away,
run
away!
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10. Decision
FaJgue
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11. How
can
we
make
be/er
decisions?
Well,
first
off,
stop
making
bad
ones.
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13. Know
thyself
• EmoJonal
• IntuiJve
• AnalyJcal
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14. Stop.
Think.
Act.
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15.
Trust
your
gut
But
verify.
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16. Fight
faJgue,
automate
easy
decisions.
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17. Fight
faJgue,
learn
triage.
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18. PracJce
ambivalence
(within
reason)
Management
Tip:
Have
a
team
argue
both
sides
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19. Seek
other
perspecJves,
but
own
the
decision.
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20. Choose
wisely
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