I hope you find it helpful. We are not usually aware of many of the decisions we make. We do it impulsively or irrationally, but thanks to this journal we gain clarity in all those decisions that are crucial for our life.
Interesting post, in many cases it is really hard to reflect on why a decision was made after it has been made. Likewise, initiatives or changes are often judged by a different criteria than the original objectives etc. When I worked at a school I unsuccessfully tried to have us outline the intended outcomes of changes, decisions, and policies, so we could assess them with the original intent (and hence work on our ability to diagnose and intervene) — instead what often happened is that we evaluated whatever had happened. Which is also important. I tink documenting why a decision was made is key to improving decision making processes.
In my historical work I tend to have more admiration for those who were wrong for the right reasons that those who were right for the wrong reasons because I give primacy to systems rather than flukes.
It's very interesting the story you tell at school. It is something I had read in many psychology books: the rewriting of the past. Our memory makes us see the past with more coherence than it actually had. If we use the decision journal, we will see that many of the decisions we made were not as wise as we thought, so it helps us to stop, think and remember for the future.
Whoever does not learn from a mistake is condemned to make it again.
A very carefully organized plan of attack with lots of items that most of us wouldn't even think to address. Thank you, Alvaro.
Hi Sue! :)
I hope you find it helpful. We are not usually aware of many of the decisions we make. We do it impulsively or irrationally, but thanks to this journal we gain clarity in all those decisions that are crucial for our life.
Interesting post, in many cases it is really hard to reflect on why a decision was made after it has been made. Likewise, initiatives or changes are often judged by a different criteria than the original objectives etc. When I worked at a school I unsuccessfully tried to have us outline the intended outcomes of changes, decisions, and policies, so we could assess them with the original intent (and hence work on our ability to diagnose and intervene) — instead what often happened is that we evaluated whatever had happened. Which is also important. I tink documenting why a decision was made is key to improving decision making processes.
In my historical work I tend to have more admiration for those who were wrong for the right reasons that those who were right for the wrong reasons because I give primacy to systems rather than flukes.
Hi Curing! :)
It's very interesting the story you tell at school. It is something I had read in many psychology books: the rewriting of the past. Our memory makes us see the past with more coherence than it actually had. If we use the decision journal, we will see that many of the decisions we made were not as wise as we thought, so it helps us to stop, think and remember for the future.
Whoever does not learn from a mistake is condemned to make it again.
yes of course.