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  •   What the Decision Making Booklet Can Do for You
  •   Table of Contents Of 48-Page Booklet

  • FREE DECISION MAKING TOOLS: Two Pages – Very Valuable
  •    Your Guide & Worksheet for Applying the Complete Method of Creative Decision Making SM-14 (PDF)

  • GUIDE TO DECISION MAKING: (Complete 48-page Booklet)
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  •   ScientificMethod.com
  •   ProblemSolving.net
  •   HomeSchooling-Problemsolving.com

  • SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFS ON DECISION MAKING:
  •   Introduction to Decision Making Briefs
  •   Decision Making Criteria
  •   Political & Public Policy Decision Making
  •   Good Judgment & Decision Making
  •   Models, Systems, Guides for Decision Making in the Literature
  •   A Model for Career Decision Making
  •   Your Personal Program to Learn Decision Making
  •   Decision Support or Business Intelligence
  •   Bad Decisions

  • Your Personal Program to Learn Decision Making

    Learn the Model and System of the Whole Field of Decision Making

    This site explains this model and system. Learn and apply it to your activities and you will make many more correct decisions. This will result for you in increased earnings and a happier personal life. Know the big picture of decision making.

    While there is a lot of good information on decision making available, the whole field has not had a good model and system properly presented such as is done on this site.

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    Beat the competition. Get going today. Spread the word to your organization and friends. Big money is involved. Blog the news!

    Decision Making Lesson Plans

    Decision making is so important that following these lesson plans can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions and untold personal happiness for you.

    Start a file on decision making.
        Make a folder for each stage of SM-14 and folders for other subjects that interest you.

    Prepare a decision making notebook.
        Download the PDF file of the 48-page booklet and put it in a notebook. You can consult it every time you begin work on a complex decision or study decision making.

        Make extra copies of the Guide Form on pages 47 and 48. Use them when making decisions. They are for the full method or the short method.

    Memorize the four basic features of decision making.
        These are outlined on page 4 of my booklet.

    Intuitive decision making – page 5.
        Spend time studying this page, as most decisions you make are intuitive ones.

    Become familiar with the short model of SM-14 (page 6).
        To use it effectively, you must first learn the complete model of SM-14.

    Full model for complex decision making.
        Read page 7 for an introduction to the full model of complex decision making (SM-14). Then go on and study and use SM-14 as described on pages 10 to 31 to decide practice or actual decisions. There is a lot to learn here but just keep on and use this information on all your complex decisions.

    Specific individual “sciences” of feature of decision making.
        Page 8 explains these. Investigate those that apply specifically to the area of decision making you are interested in. Many researchers have spent their careers specializing in certain of these “sciences.”

    Briefs providing additional information on decision making.
        You will find these on pages 38 to 46 of the booklet. There are additional briefs as listed on the home page. More will be added in the months to come. Check this site often.

    Reminder of the Importance of this Program to You

    This program requires a lot of your time, but:
    • Most of your daily activity consists of problem solving and decision making.
    • Problem solving and decision making have been inadequately taught in our schools. Therefore, you must learn it yourself. Urge educators to teach SM-14.
    • Your reputation for good judgment, for being smart, intelligent, and promotable all depend on your learning this program.
    • Big money and a happier personal life will come from your following the program.