Don’t Make Big Decisions When You’re Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired
By: Sabrina Peters
Ever experienced those moments when you’re absolutely famished, seething with anger, engulfed by loneliness, or utterly exhausted? Read more
Tag Archive for: decision making
Paralysis by Analysis
By: Robert Martin
Years ago when I worked as a marketing analyst, my boss warned me against “paralysis by analysis” – cautioning against spending so much time analysing that we never took any action. Read more
Decision Making: How to Get Results Without ‘Resulting’
By: Yiqin Houston
In my work as a project manager, I am often tasked with making decisions with limited information and plenty of uncertainty. Read more
You Trust Your Intuition More Than You Think. Here’s Why…
By: Michael McQueen
Sometimes you just ‘know’. In the absence of evidence, logic and often common sense, all of us experience a deeply felt certainty that seems to defy all of our standard principles of decision-making. Read more
When ‘Reloading’ Isn’t an Option: Dealing with Real Life and Decision Paralysis
By: City Bible Forum
It’s really dark, but I’ve done this a hundred times before. I need to know where they are, without them ever finding out I’m here too, skulking in the shadows of an eerily empty street. Read more
For When Life Isn’t Black and White
By: Jennie Scott
Do you ever wish life could be reduced and simplified, just like our teachers taught us to do with fractions? Take the numbers you see and reduce them until they can’t be reduced any more — 50/100 becomes 1/2, the large and complex becoming small and simple. Read more
To the Parent Without the Right Answers
By: Jennie Scott
Tears streamed down my child’s face, the frustration apparent.
The frustration was clear, but the real issue wasn’t. I couldn’t get to the root of the matter. Was it exhaustion? A misunderstanding? Did something happen at school? What was really going on?
I never figured it out. My questioning and probing did no good with the child sprawled across my bed, so I couldn’t make sense of it.
Which basically summarises being a parent. Read more