Making Decisions

Peter H Christian
6 min readMar 8, 2021

Sometimes We Make The Right Ones for the Wrong Reasons

Decisions. We make them all of the time.

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Every day we have to decide what we wear for the day. We decide how often we will eat (Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks?), whether we will eat certain meals, and what and where we will eat these. We also decide what we will do activity wise. Sometimes all we want to do is veg out and that is a decision as well.

Then there are the more important things like; Where are we going on vacation?, Should I invest in stocks, bonds, or cryptocurrency?, and should I take that new job offer or stay where I am right now.

Life is indeed full of choices.

There is really no escaping them. We try to minimize them and hope that we aren’t overwhelmed by them. We also hope that when we make a decision it is the correct one. Otherwise, we might wind up creating a problem that will involve more decisions and lead to who knows what.

In making a decision, we try, or should at least try to get as much information as possible. In that way we can make an informed and hopefully a good decision with which we will be pleased. But, as we know that doesn’t always work out that way.

There are times where in spite of what our research tells us, we make a decision that goes against the facts and…

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Peter H Christian

Peter played a key role in the 700% growth of Crayola over 17 years. His first book, “What About the Vermin Problem?” is now an Amazon bestseller.