YOUR TURN # 2

Take a moment to review your notes on both strategies. You can see how much more detailed the Detailed Strategy is than the Advantages/Disadvantages Strategy. In fact, the Detailed Strategy actually incorporates the Advantages/Disadvantages Strategy as one of the steps. You can also see that most day-to-day decision making would not require the kind of thought and consideration you would put into a larger, more life-altering decision.

While deciding on a career is certainly one of the decisions that would be best made by using the Detailed Strategy, there are other decisions that could use this strategy just as effectively. Here are examples of others decisions that are better suited for the Detailed Strategy:

• going to a two-year or four-year post-secondary institution;
• joining the armed forces;
• being a stay-at-home parent or working outside the home;
• changing jobs;
• buying a house; or
• adopting a child.

Obviously, you can think of many other examples. You can even incorporate your Advantages/Disadvantages Strategy into the Detailed Strategy, if you are not comfortable with the results of the Advantages/Disadvantages Strategy alone. A feeling of discomfort is usually a sign that more thought and analysis is needed before reaching a decision.

It's your turn to think about a major decision in your life that needs considerable thought and analysis. Using Christl's example, complete the activity below to help you reach an informed decision about one of your real-life situations. This is a required activity and is graded as complete/not complete.  Copy and paste this assignment onto a Word document before your complete it.  Remember to use the “Track Changes” tool.