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How to make a responsible decision?

How to make a responsible decision?

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Here are 8 steps that you can follow to make a responsible decision in life.

How to make a responsible decision.

Deciding for ourselves is a form of a cognitive process wherein it helps you realize the consequences of your action.

There are numerous events and situations in our lives that we need to handle on our own, and one is decision-making. We have to realize that we need to think about the final decision later on, before we take an action, in order not to condemn anyone for the result it may bring.

There are countless factors to be considered that can have an impact on how we make decisions, and it includes governing rules, beliefs in life, emotions, and experiences.

These steps below will help you on how to decide on your own so that you’ll confidently make a responsible decision without asking others to make it for you.

  1. You have to know the problem. Define the problem, and distinguish if it’s something that you need to solve.
  2. Look for helpful information that can guide you, such as information from people you trust and other reliable sources.
  3. List your options. Take enough time to think about the possible ways that you will be going to solve the problem.
  4. Think about the possible results. Be able to accept that once you decide, you have already made two possible results. Whether positive or negative.
  5. Make your decision, pick the best solution that will solve the problem that you are facing.
  6. Take the desired action. Do it on your own!
  7. Check for the outcome, did the decision you made solve the problem? Did it improve the situation?
  8. Accept the outcome, and never blame anybody for the result of the action you’ve done.

The most important thing that you achieved from that decision-making process is the experience you gained from it. Maybe positive (you like the outcome) or negative (you aren’t satisfied), and it’s ok because you made it independently, you had proven something for yourself.

Self-awareness for maturity

Self-awareness for maturity

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I came across this quote telling that:

People will notice the change in your attitude or behavior towards them, but won’t ever notice their behavior that made you change!

Personality traits and self-awareness

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Sporadically, you can hear others say, oh! You’ve changed a lot! They will usually tell you this in front of you if those changes they have seen are positive. But if it’s negative, or they feel like it’s not proportionate to their attitude, they will tell other people instead of you. Usually, they will comment that you’ve changed your attitude towards them. If you’ve changed for what you believed is right or appropriate, just do it. People will always give comments or suggestions anyway!

What can you do about it?

  • Be able to know if you’re making the right thing, showing the right attitude and behavior. Think about this, why does he/she say those words to you? Why does he/she treat you that way?
  • Being aware of your attitude, and being mindful of the things you need to change.
  • Adjust your attitude for what is morally good.
  • Make an honest response to somebody’s negative attitudes. You might be saving that person from being immersed with false thoughts and wrong self-beliefs.
  • Learn to deal with it, and do appropriate actions.

It’s a common feeling to some people, who are tagged sometimes as naughty, bad, or indifferent because of the attitude that they show and how they treat others.

Personality and self-awareness:

Personality is how we differ in terms of character, patterns of thinking, behavior, and feeling or emotion from other people. So, even those identical twins would possess unique personality traits from each other.

Occasionally, we don’t easily recognize it, due to numerous activities that we do, countless people that we need to deal with, and challenges that we need to face in life daily. Maybe you can ask some of your family, friends, or relatives (those who are genuine and will tell you the truth). To be able to update yourself from the personality traits that you aren’t conscious of, or just to update yourself from the things which you can’t recognize on your own. Oftentimes, we experienced this, and usually, we are blinded, and we choose to ignore those attitudes. As we physically mature or grow older, our thoughts and actions should also reach maturity. We can make it through self-awareness.

When we say self-awareness, we can recognize our thoughts and actions, whether it’s good, bad, or within limits. Whether we need to retain or change.

Factors to self-awareness and personality traits:

Research suggests that genetics also plays a role in the changes in someone’s personality traits. There are also environmental factors and situational factors such as aging, health conditions, work, people around you, temperament, etc.

The reality is that we changed over time, and we cannot hide the fact that it’s a permanent thing in this world. Your physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, and behavioral characteristics will change, deepen or mature over time. We are not perfect human beings, there are changes to improve us, correct us from any misconceptions, and revise or develop ourselves for what is good.