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                    discussion further, it can safely be said    this  does  not  become  a  somnolent
                    that  there  are  no  right  or  wrong       read for you!
                    choices.  A  decision  is  just  a
                                                                 Defining the problem entails breaking
                    steppingstone  to  an  uncertain  future
                                                                 it down and cracking it open. Take a
                    that  nobody  can  predict,  even  after     moment  to  imbibe  what  you  are
                    picking  the  amply  assessed  or            facing, get a real sense of it, and only
                    thoroughly  calculated  option. Having       then  move  forward.  Proceed  with
                    the  resolve  and  resilience  to  make
                                                                 categorizing  it  mentally,  classifying  it
                    things  better  and  bounce  back  is  an
                                                                 based  on  its  various  attributes
                    all-important X factor.
                                                                 including  but  not  limited  to  its
                    Over the years people have developed         uniqueness,      consequences,      and
                    various  techniques  to  crack  this         importance.  Although  this  process
                    enigma. Some of the common names             might  seem  too  long  to  execute,  the
                    in  this  domain  are  Pareto  analysis,     time  you  will  require  to  make  a  call
                    Decision  trees,  Pro/Con  list,  Delphi     directly depends on the gravity of the
                    method, Trial and Error method, and          situation. If the situation presented to
                    the  list  goes  on.  The  application  of   you  is  something  like  a  past
                    these  methods  is  customary  in            experience,  then  proceed  onto  the
                    organizations  and  institutions.  But       next  stage  which  is  looking  for  a
                    when it comes to day-to-day instances        precedent. Once you are successful in
                    most of these could stand futile owing       doing  that,  dig  a  bit  deeper  and
                    to  their  time-intensive  nature  and       compare       the    similarities   and
                    inherent  complexity.  So,  once  again      differences  between  the  two  and
                    we find ourselves right back to where        elucidate  and  evaluate  accordingly.
                    we started from!                             The  most  critical  step  is  the
                                                                 elimination  of  the  choices.  While  it
                    I, like most of you, have spent most
                                                                 might  seem  contrary  to  popular
                    of  my  life  showcasing  innate
                                                                 opinion,  which  suggests  picking  the
                    indecisiveness  and  confusion.  It  was
                    because     of     these      troubling      best choices, I find it much easier to
                    experiences that I took it upon myself       get rid of the worst ones. Eliminating
                                                                 what is against your values, belief, and
                    to  come  up  with  a  procedure  to
                                                                 opinions is the cornerstone of having
                    deduce  any  situation  and  come  up
                                                                 a clear mindset. It is often said never
                    with, not any right decisions but with
                    something that is wise and erudite in        compromise  on ethics and  therefore,
                    nature. I call this method as D-C-P-C-       it  is  vital  you  remove  any  such
                    E-C  technique,  a  product  of  my          options  available  to  you  that  directly
                                                                 contradict your school of thought.
                    ingenuity  and/or  boredom.  The
                    obscure  acronym  stands  for  Define,       The final step of choosing, once again
                    Categorize,    Precedent,    Compare,        battling  conventional  dogma,  is
                    Eliminate  and  Choose.  For  the  sake      something I believe is not much of a
                    of  brevity,  I  will  restrict  myself  to   deal  as  society  makes  of  it.
                    giving  you  only  a  brief  idea  so  that   Considering you have come to certain






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