You will not be a good decision maker if your goal is always to avoid losing rather than always trying to win. Nobody in his or her right mind can expect to be right 100 percent of time. Besides that, as I have already said, you don’t always have to be right in order to come out an overall winners.

You can’t afford to be defensive about decisions that turn out to be wrong. When you are wrong, and you will be from time to time, admit it and go on.

If you want to be a good decision-maker don’t get hung up waiting for all of facts before coming to a conclusion. Satisfy your self that you understand issue and have weighed all of options. Test alternative solutions among those who know situation and will be impacted by decision. Decide. Act.

Learn to trust your intuition. Hunches are not random bolts out of blue. They are rooted in all knowledge and experience you have accumulated in general and with regard to issue at hand.

Decisions surrounding major issues should be broken into smaller, manageable parts. Take parts one at a time; come to conclusions in sequence.

Resist being pressured into making a decision before you are ready to decide and act. All problems do not require immediate answers. Sometimes issues resolve themselves or just go away.

Don't base decisions on popularity. Or on friendship.

Make Decisions To Grow

Nobody says you have to play game as decision makers. But before deciding your role, but keep in mind how real world works.

Organizations grow and profit only to extent that their managers make good decisions. Therefore, ambitious organizations need and will pay to get men and women who can make decisions. People who have that ability are in limited supply. This means there are opportunities to gain positions of leadership and earn material rewards that go to those persons who have ability and courage to make decisions.

The choice is yours. Make a decision today.

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Q: “So tell me about yourself...”

A: This question usually comes towards middle of interview or at very beginning to help start things off. If it seems like a very straightforward question- it is. However, don’t make mistake of thinking interviewer wants to get to know you on a personal level. Interviewers ask this question in order to find out about your strengths and weaknesses and how they may affect your work performance. So instead of telling them what you like to do on weekends, you might want to say something like “I’m very sociable and I get along with all kinds of people.” An answer like that would show that you work well with others and you’re probably fairly easy to get along with.

Whatever you do- don’t stress too much about actual questions. A lot of times, a first impression has more to do with way you conduct yourself than things you actually say. If you come in with pre-rehearsed answers and a script-like presentation, you probably won’t win them over. But if you are asked a question that you weren’t prepared for, but you handle it well, you are exhibiting both sincerity and “grace under pressure.” Now that you understand meaning of these questions, you should be able to come up with some personalized answers. Keep in mind that they ask these questions to get an idea of who you are, not to put you on spot. If you ever feel like you’re being asked an unfair or inappropriate question, you always have option to leave interview and turn down job. But in most situations, person is just trying to get to know you a little, so let them!