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    LIFE SKILLS:

    DECISION MAKING AND Mr L.Kahari


    UNDERSTANDING CONSEQUENCES IN 2020
    LIFE
    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 1
    OBJECTIVES

    •To define goal setting


    •To define and understand steps in goal setting
    •To define decision making.
    •To identify five steps to good decision making
    •To understand the consequences of making decisions
    •Challenges faced by students in making decisions

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 2
    GOAL SETTING
    • is a powerful strategy for professional and personal
    success

    • it is performed by individual who want to achieve


    objectives that will result in the betterment of
    themselves or their situation.
    IMPORTANCE OF GOAL SETTING
    1. Goals propel you forward
     Having a goal written down with a set date for accomplishment gives you
    something to plan and work with.
     Having goals you can focus on and visualize helps you better connect with your
    inner desires and gives you motivational energy to work on the goal

    2. Goals transform insurmountable mountains into


    walkable hills
     Proper goal setting can help break larger intimidating aspirations into smaller
    more achievable stepping stones.
     Research shows that tilting smaller milestones provides real motivation and
    greater contentment.
    3. Goals help us to believe in ourselves
     Setting goals for yourself is a way to fuel your ambition
     Unless you see yourself slowly making progress, your dreams and aspirations
    are nothing more than vague notions floating around in your imagination.

    4. Goals hold you accountable for failure


     If you do not write down concrete goals and give yourself a timeline for
    achievement, how can you look back and re-evaluate your path if you fail.
     If you fail to achieve your goals, it is a sign that there is need for change.
    IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL GOAL SETTING

    Goals give you focus


    Allow you to measure progress
    Keep you locked in and distracted
    Helps you overcome procrastination
    Gives you motivation
    HOW TO SET A GOAL

    Consider what you want to achieve and commit to it


    Set SMART(specific ,measurable, attainable ,relevant and time bound) goals that
    motivate you and write them down to make them feel tangible
    Plan the steps you must take to realize your goal ,and cross off each one as you
    work through them
    SELF AWARENESS

    According to psychologist DANIEL GOLEMAN in his best selling book “Emotional


    Intelligence” he defined self awareness as knowing ones’ internal states
    ,preference ,resources and intuitions.
    Is having a clear perception of your personality including strengths, weaknesses,
    thoughts ,beliefs , motivation and emotions.

    What does it allow you to do?


    Allows you to understand other people other people ,how they perceive you ,your
    attitude and your responses to them in the moment.
    5. Goals tell you what you truly want
     Sometimes we think we need more money, when we really need a change of
    environment or someone to love.
     Sometimes we think we want more free time but what we really want is work
    that we can be truly passionate about
     If you never set goals in the first place how can you find out what you truly
    want?

    6. Goals help us to live life to the fullest


     When you take time to set goals, you ensure that your life is geared towards
    getting the most of every moment.
    TECHNIQUES
    1.Set goals that motivate you
    2.Set smart goals
    set specific goals
    set measurable goals
    set attainable goals
    set relevant goals
    set time bound goals

    3. Set goals in writing


    4. Make an action plan and stick with it
    DECISION MAKING
    It is the process of making choices by
    identifying a decision, gathering
    information and accessing alternative
    resolutions. (Nelson McWright,2011)
    making a decision always carry an
    element of risk and also carries an
    element of opportunity.
    -with most decisions we don't truly know
    whether the outcome will be as good or
    as bad as we anticipate and so there is an
    element of trust required when making a
    decision.
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    SOME OF THE DECISIONS
    THAT PEOPLE AND STUDENTS
    FACE
    Getting married
    Career choice
    Having unprotected sex
    Bunking lectures
    Going to church
    Buying a car or phone
    WHICH IMPORTANT DECISIONS DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE?

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 13
    5
    FIVE GOALS TO DECISION MAKING

    Step1. Identify your goal


    -one of the most effective decision making strategies is to keep an
    eye on your goal
    -identify the purpose of your decision
    -figuring out what's most important to you

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    FIVE GOALS TO DECISION MAKING
    CONT

    STEP2:Gather information for weighing your options


    -gather necessary information related to the problem
    -generate ideas for possible solutions

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    FIVE GOALS TO DECISION MAKING
    CONT

    STEP3:Consider the consequences

    -helps to determine how your final decision will


    impact yourself and or others involved
    -consider outcomes, how it will affect you now
    and in the future

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    FIVE GOALS TO DECISION MAKING
    CONT
    STEP4:Make your decision
    -make a choice and actually execute your final
    decision.
    -trust your instincts

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    FIVE GOALS TO DECISION MAKING
    CONT

    STEP5:Evaluate your decision


    -it is necessary to evaluate the decision and steps you
    have taken to ensure that it works.
    -develop your decision making skills for future problems

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 18
    CHALLENGES FACED WHEN MAKING
    DECISION
    1.misidentifying the problem
    -identfying the problem is not easy though
    some problems may be obvious

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    CHALLENGES FACED WHEN MAKING
    DECISION CONT
    2.Having too many sources
    -Having as much information as possible can be
    very helpful at arriving to a decision.
    -an overload of information can leave you
    confused and misguided.

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 20
    CHALLENGES FACED WHEN
    MAKING DECISION CONT

    3.Overestimating the outcome


    -when making a decision and putting your plan
    into action you should have taken care to weigh
    your valid options

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 21
    CHALLENGES FACED WHEN
    MAKING DECISION CONT

    4.poor timing
    -timecan be futile friend,sometimes good and
    sometimes it is not.
    -it is best to delay a decision and sometimes
    delaying a response can course more
    problems

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 22
    IMPORTANCE OF DECISION
    MAKING
    Important in life to realise one’s goals
    Implementation of function
    Without decision making, managerial function such as planning , organizing,
    directing, controlling etc cant be conducted
    Evaluation of performance
    Planning and policies
    Selecting the best alternative
    Successful operation.

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 23
    CONSEQUENCES OF DECISION
    MAKING
    Failure to decide
    Financial cost
    Having to learn lessons the hard way
    Anxiety, distress, guilt
    Time wasted
    HIV/AIDS
    Unwanted pregnancies
    Failing to graduate
    Poor grades
    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 24
    DECISION MAKING
    COMPETENCE
    Decision making competence is a attribute essential to all professionals.
    It is the rational responding to the challenges of life either academically or socially.
    Decision making competence comes about when one understands the outcome of
    each decision.

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    DECISION MAKING
    COMPETENCE

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 26
    SOCIAL SCENARIO

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 27
    POOR DECISION
    MAKING CAN
    LEAD TO AIDS

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 28
    LITTER AND UNSAFE WATER
    SOURCES

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 29
    EXAMPLES OF DECISIONS
    AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES
    At the University display of violence will lead to expulsion.
    Smoking 🚬is a risk factor for lung cancer

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 30
    TAKE HOME QUESTION
    Explain the importance of taking good decisions and understanding consequences in
    life.

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 31
    CONCLUSION
    In order to make a good decision one should have a strong awareness of what is
    fundamentally important to him/her and trust that one will make the right decision at
    the time based on the information you have at that time

    01/01/2022 MR L.KAHARI 32
    REFERENCES
    1. Ajzen, I. and Fishbein, M. (1980) Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social
    Behaviour. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
    2. Ajzen, I. (1988) Attitudes, Personality and Behaviour. Buckingham: Open
    University Press.
    3. Allen, R.S. and Shuster, J.L. (2002) The role of proxies in treatment decisions:
    evaluating functional capacity to consent to end-of-life treatments within a family
    context. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 20, 235-252.
    4. Anderson, C.J. (2003) The psychology of doing nothing: forms of decision
    avoidance result from reason and emotion. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 139-167.
    5. Anderson, G. (1998) Creating moral space in prenatal genetic services. Qualitative
    Health Research, 8, 2, 168-187.
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