Comments on: Life is About Choices and the Decisions We Make http://www.tangsanctuary.com/tang-family/papa-tang/life-is-about-choices-and-the-decisions-we-make/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joe Jordan http://www.tangsanctuary.com/tang-family/papa-tang/life-is-about-choices-and-the-decisions-we-make/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Joe Jordan Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:06:34 +0000 http://www.tangsanctuary.com/?p=555#comment-5314 Good insights into decision making. While teaching decision making to audiences across the country, I find at the heart of our struggle with decisions is the fact we cannot tell with certainty before--or even after a decision, whether or not we made the best decision because we cannot say what would have happened had we made another choice. An insurance company insures a parent against the risk of a teenage driver in a home by raising the premium. The insurer cannot protect a parent from the uncertainty of having a young driver. A method for quantifying criteria and weighing them against each option is a great method for eliminating some of the risk in a decision--but even an objective process cannot eliminate all of the uncertainty. That's what keeps life challenging and all of us remembering we're very human. Good insights into decision making. While teaching decision making to audiences across the country, I find at the heart of our struggle with decisions is the fact we cannot tell with certainty before–or even after a decision, whether or not we made the best decision because we cannot say what would have happened had we made another choice.

An insurance company insures a parent against the risk of a teenage driver in a home by raising the premium. The insurer cannot protect a parent from the uncertainty of having a young driver. A method for quantifying criteria and weighing them against each option is a great method for eliminating some of the risk in a decision–but even an objective process cannot eliminate all of the uncertainty. That’s what keeps life challenging and all of us remembering we’re very human.

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