decision dilemma

Nabarun PaulTechnical Writer

Decision Dilemmas

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 1

All about making and taking a decision• Decision: The act of making up your mind about something.

• This can be an opinion about somebody or something.» Opinion is not judgment - Opinions assist in judgment.

• Decide to do something» To Decide to do something also means to decide not to do

something.Example: I decide to start my day early. Meaning, I decide I will not wake up late. It also means that I decide to sleep early…and so on…

Example: We have to decide on which car to buy, where to invest, where to construct house, and so on…

• Decisions can vary from simple ones to complicated and serious decisions.


Types of Decision

• Good Decision • Bad Decision • Incorrect Decision


What is the difference?• Optimal Result – Good Decision• Average Result – Incorrect Decision• Failed – Bad Decision


Case study – Starting a Venture• Decision to Start a business - Good decision, can be incorrect or bad

decision• Decision to quit Job - Good decision, can be Incorrect or Bad decision

• Optimal Result - Good Decision – If the business grows and becomes profitable.

• Average Result - Incorrect Decision – if growth becomes stagnant and eventually stops

• Failed - Bad Decision - Would have been, if….


What it means?

• Every Decision taken will need another decision to achieve the previous decision: It’s a series of decisions!– The business cannot start unless the founders quit their jobs– The business cannot grow unless the founders focus all their

energies towards making it work, after quitting their jobs– The decision to quit the job can become an incorrect decision

unless the founders start growing the team and start delegating: Thereby growing the business - Their first unanimous decision.

Conclusion: The decision to start a business, quit the job is a personal decision, that decision can have a positive impact on millions and keep growing the benefits.


Examples of some famous decisions• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi decided that India was to be freed from the

Queens rule. Not that he was the only one, there were many but his means to buy (decision - Gandhigiri) freedom was different and shameful for the British, that they had to quit.

• Dhirubhai Ambani – wanted to create wealth and he did, not only for himself but for all

• Larry Page & Sergey Brin wanted to collect and make available the entire information available in the universe. Their college project -Pagerank resulted in Google – literally replacing the Oxford dictionary.

• Steve Jobs decided he was wasting his time in college studying subjects that did not inspire him, so he dropped out and took up a calligraphy course– Result – Apple Inc - Mac PC, iPod, iPhone, Pixar studios and the numerous

creations that has changed the way we live• Bill Gates decided to drop out from college to do more of what he liked doing

– Result – Microsoft – his decision opened Windows for us to see the world.


What if?• Would it have been a bad decision? May be• Would it have been a incorrect decision? May be• So, there are pros and cons to every decision we make and

take….like a coin has two sides. Whichever side we look, will not take away the value from the coin. Similarly; a decision, whatever the result be -Optimal, Average or Failed; will never take away the value from the decision.


Value • It’s the depth of the decision

– Why it was taken – Purpose; – When it was taken –Time (it’s not about the time of the day) –

What was the situation?– What influenced the decision – Factors (discussed in the next slide)


Factors influencing decisions• Family

– Upbringing, relatives, elders• Society

– Cultural, religion, political• Education

– Level of education – it’s not about being literate – it’s about awareness• Experiences

– All through our life- personal and professional• Hear say

– Gatherings, meetings, get-togethers, • Peers

– Colleagues, friends



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Think and Think again• Never take a decision for immediate gains or in haste…the result might

be favorable for the time but in the long run the decision will result in mayhem.

• Think and think again while making a decision. Once taken, do everything possible to make it a success!

TIP: Think when you are alone and calmed within


Few examples of the decisions we make, take – Decide!

• Decision is needed at every point in life• Family decision• Education decision• Career decision

• Decisions that are good for one may/may not be the same for all• Decisions can have an impact on one or many.• Decisions can be good for some, bad for few and average for others.


Summary• No decision is Good decision or Bad decision…it’s the value of the

decision- if the result is anything other than Optimal, the decision must be re-worked.

• Decisions are only choices.• Choices make who we are and eventually become!


Ownership Remember that the Choice is Mine! Entirely mine! There is no running away!

Blink! Think! Decide!


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