{"id":1041,"date":"2020-06-17T23:38:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1041"},"modified":"2020-06-24T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T23:01:14","slug":"making-wise-decisions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/chapter\/making-wise-decisions\/","title":{"raw":"Making Wise Decisions","rendered":"Making Wise Decisions"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify the kinds of decisions college students may face<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand \"The Wise Choice Process\" and how to apply it to the decisions you make<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\">Making Decisions<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5251\/2020\/06\/24225449\/Decision-making-picture.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1058 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5251\/2020\/06\/24225449\/Decision-making-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\r\nWe make decisions all the time.\u00a0 Some decisions may be little (what to eat for dinner, what movie to watch on Netflix) while other decisions can have a bigger impact on your life (who you choose to marry, what job you choose to take).\u00a0 Since we spend our entire lives making decisions, it makes sense that we would have a process to help us make wise ones.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The Wise Choice Process\u00a0<\/strong>(adapted from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On Course<\/span> by Skip Downing) is one way to approach how to make good decisions:\r\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>1.\u00a0 What is my present situation?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Start by identifying the issue you are dealing with, define the problem or challenge.Look at the facts and how you fell about them.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>2.\u00a0 How would I like my situation to be?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Although you cannot change the past, you can think about what you would like the future to look like.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>3.\u00a0 Do I have a choice here?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> The answer is always \"yes\".\u00a0 You cannot control all circumstances but you have a choice about how you respond.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>4.\u00a0 What are my possible choices?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Create a list of all possible choices (brainstorm all your options).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>5.\u00a0 What's the likely outcome of each choice?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>You can't always predict the outcome but you can decide how you think things will turn out.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>6.\u00a0 Which choice(s) will I commit to doing?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Decide which choice(s) would most likely bring out your desired outcome, make a plan of action and commit to it.<\/p>\r\nApplying this process allows us to take time to make a well thought out decision. Some of us may make decisions impulsively, we take action without taking the time to evaluate our options. Some of us spend so much time thinking about the possibilities that we never actually take action.\u00a0 This process allows time to think, but ensures action.\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>We spend all of our lives making decisions, which impact our lives in some way.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Wise Choice Process allows for time for thinking through options and a commitment to action.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>By the end of this section, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the kinds of decisions college students may face<\/li>\n<li>Understand &#8220;The Wise Choice Process&#8221; and how to apply it to the decisions you make<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"im_title im_editable im_block\">Making Decisions<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5251\/2020\/06\/24225449\/Decision-making-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1058 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5251\/2020\/06\/24225449\/Decision-making-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>We make decisions all the time.\u00a0 Some decisions may be little (what to eat for dinner, what movie to watch on Netflix) while other decisions can have a bigger impact on your life (who you choose to marry, what job you choose to take).\u00a0 Since we spend our entire lives making decisions, it makes sense that we would have a process to help us make wise ones.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The Wise Choice Process\u00a0<\/strong>(adapted from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">On Course<\/span> by Skip Downing) is one way to approach how to make good decisions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>1.\u00a0 What is my present situation?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Start by identifying the issue you are dealing with, define the problem or challenge.Look at the facts and how you fell about them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>2.\u00a0 How would I like my situation to be?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Although you cannot change the past, you can think about what you would like the future to look like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>3.\u00a0 Do I have a choice here?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> The answer is always &#8220;yes&#8221;.\u00a0 You cannot control all circumstances but you have a choice about how you respond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>4.\u00a0 What are my possible choices?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Create a list of all possible choices (brainstorm all your options).<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>5.\u00a0 What&#8217;s the likely outcome of each choice?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>You can&#8217;t always predict the outcome but you can decide how you think things will turn out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent\"><strong>6.\u00a0 Which choice(s) will I commit to doing?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Decide which choice(s) would most likely bring out your desired outcome, make a plan of action and commit to it.<\/p>\n<p>Applying this process allows us to take time to make a well thought out decision. Some of us may make decisions impulsively, we take action without taking the time to evaluate our options. Some of us spend so much time thinking about the possibilities that we never actually take action.\u00a0 This process allows time to think, but ensures action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We spend all of our lives making decisions, which impact our lives in some way.<\/li>\n<li>The Wise Choice Process allows for time for thinking through options and a commitment to action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276883,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1041","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":224,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276883"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1060,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1041\/revisions\/1060"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/224"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1041\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/fullcoll-freshmanexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}