DecideNow.com will make decisions for you

By Lim Tri Santosa

BANDUNG (JP): Take a look at your life. Whatever knowledge you have accumulated, however successful you are, whatever genetic mental, physical or material benefits you have inherited, your life primarily reflects your decisions.

To Make a difficult decision -- know what you want, create some options, evaluate the consequences of the options and select an option likely to produce optimum consequences.

Every decision is made within a decision environment, which is defined as the collection of information, alternatives, values, and preferences available at the time of the decision.

An ideal decision environment would include all possible information, all of it accurate, and every possible alternative. Often however, both gathering information and arriving at alternatives are constrained because of limited resources.

Time may be constrained because a deadline for the decision. Effort can also be constrained, for instance, limits on manpower, money, and priorities. As an example, you wouldn't want to spend three hours and half a tank of gasoline trying to find the very best parking place at a mall.

Since many decisions must be made in a constrained environment, we can say that the major challenge of decision- making is uncertainty, and a major goal of decision analysis is to reduce uncertainty.

The ability to make important decisions quickly comes harder to some than to others. Everybody makes 'instant' decisions while performing mundane tasks like washing, dressing or maneuvering a car through city traffic, but under normal circumstances these decisions are little more than a sequence of automatic choices. Routine tasks such as these don't require intuition, creativity or imagination, all of which play a role in effective decision- making.

Often, the biggest obstacle is not the determination of options, but choosing which one is best. So, why not let someone who specializes in decision-making make a decision for you? Tough decisions may just be a mouse click away and absolutely free. Vacillating is a thing of the past when you consult DecideNow (www.decidenow.com). This free service provides you with quick decisions those things you just can't seem to make up your mind about.

DecideNow doesn't offer counseling or advice -- requests for advice, counseling, or predictions will be returned.

When requesting assistance, provide as much information as you can in the Request For Decision (RFD) form and they promise to get back to you within 24 hours. As a rule, every request that does not contain a simply worded yes-or-no-type multiple-choice decision is returned. The question itself must be a simple yes-or-no type sentence with two or more options.

You do not have to include any personal information in your correspondence. If you prefer, you can use an anonymous name when you correspond.

Decision-making is the study of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision maker.

Making a decision implies that there are alternatives to be considered, and we want not only to identify as many of these alternatives as possible but to choose the one that best fits our goals, desires, lifestyle, values, and so on.

DecideNow is firmly located in the realm of rational decision- making, and they urge visitors not to ask for advice, hand reading, predictions, fortune telling, or rolling of dice. According to Daniel, one of DecideNow's staff, the abundance of such sites was one of the reasons to start DecideNow. Located in continental Europe, the staff offer unique perspectives on everyday issues.

Each member has a different specialty and individual treatment and quality responses are ensured. The service is provided free of charge.

DecideNow will make a best choice based on the background information provided by the client. Due to the nature of their service, the quality of a decision depends on the amount of information given. They take every RFD seriously and decisions are based upon the best knowledge of the situation described.

The more precisely a situation is described, the more probable the best choice is actually suited to that situation.

The purpose of the web site is to freely "state" (not share) your problem based on your facts of life. The "yes" or "no" decision is only made if the request includes an alternative. Should I buy a new TV or not? Should I travel this year-end or not? Decisions are made by weighing reasons for and against. DecideNow is ideal for this kind of decision.

One last thing to remember: we almost never have all the information needed to make a decision with certainty, so most decisions involve an undeniable amount of risk. The certainty is that you must make a decision at the end, whether it is right or wrong. It is better than procrastination.