DecideNow.com will make decisions for you
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.