There are many different ways to
make decisions in one’s life. Some make quick emotional decisions, others may
make slow rational ones. In this blog I’m going to reflect upon my own decision
styles, talk a little bit about the opposites of my decision style, and what
benefits there are to making the opposite of my primary decision style.
There
are a few words that can be used to describe my decision-making style. The
first of these words would be rational. When it comes to making most of my
decisions, I try to rationalize the best decision to make. This shows that I
try to make decisions based on sound reason and logic. Another word that might
describe my decision-making style is fair. I try my best to be impartial to
everyone and give everyone a chance, even if I’m not a very big fan. I do this
because I think it’s the right thing to do.
The
words that I chose to describe my decision-making style have some opposites as
well. The first opposite word would be emotional. To be emotional would be to
throw logic out the window and to do what I feel I should do. Another opposite
word would be greedy. Rather than be fair for everyone I should disregard those
that I don’t like and only work with those that I do. A certain personal eye
opener these two words are.
I can definitely
see some benefits to using the opposites of my decision making styles. The
first of which, emotional, helped me obtain my girlfriend and thus a happy
relationship. Sound, rational logic would have had me avoid her (not for
personal reasons, more for logistical). So to be emotional make have its
benefits to bringing happiness. The other opposite word, greedy, can also have its
benefits. Doing what I want to do with little regard to others may also bring
me more happiness because I don’t have to be fair to those that I don’t like.
However, this can also backfire and cause more harm than good in the long run.
While I might be happy in the short term, the long term would be something much
more miserable.
So to
quickly reflect, I discussed some words that go into my decision making style,
some opposite words that go into my decision making style, and what I think
about these opposites. There are certainly some benefits to using these
opposites and it really has got me thinking about the subject. Whether or not I
can change the way I make core decisions is up for debate, but I can at the
very least be more aware of how I make them and think about whether or not
going for an opposite decision making style would be best.
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