Barriers to Making Wise Decisions Uddrag

Barriers to Making Wise Decisions Part V In a Harvard Business Review article, Mike Erwin identified six reasons that can lead to poor decisions. Yesterday we looked at multi-tasking . Today we’ll look at the fifth reason: emotions . As a young trainee in banking, I was presenting loan requests to the bank’s CEO. When I realized that he was in a foul mood, I moved my toughest loan request from the top of my stack to the bottom. He noticed and asked why. When I fearfully told this CEO why I rearranged them he changed the subject and told a joke. Then he said, “ Now show me the bottom loan.” Proverbs 16:32 teaches, “Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.” When emotions are getting the better of you, practice and exercise self-control before making a major decision.