Top 5 steps to making a final decision

We all make decisions every day of our lives, sometimes they are small other times they are big life changing decisions. When you are faced with big tough decisions you are going to want to put some thought into it, do some research and go through these 5 steps:

1) Determine what you want to achieve. What is your final goal?

2) Write down on paper all of your options and the pros and cons of each.

3) Review all your pros and cons and rate them from 1 to 10 (1 being bad 10 being the best). Rate based on two things: Will this help me achieve my goal? How likely is this going to occur? Start to eliminate the obviously options.

4) Look at all the left over options and review the cons. Think of ways to reduce or eliminate the cons for each option.

5) Last step is to pick the BEST option. Which one of the options will help me achieve my goal the best?

That is it! Next time your faced with a tough decision, take out a paper and pen give yourself a few minuets maybe even hours or days to really think about each step before making your final choice. Hope this helps. If you have any tips and tricks for decision making write them down in the comment section. Would love to hear your thoughts :)