Purpose of Decision Making

1. Purpose of Decision Making • How do I make decisions wksht

2. 4 Tools for decision making • ABCDE model • Knowing the difference between needs & wants • Recovery from bad decision making • Know your mind and heart (goals & values)

3. The Decision Making ModelABCDE

4. Assess • Identify the problem • Can you separate your emotions from the problem?

5. Brainstorm • Have you made a list of all your options? • Have you utilized resources for identifying your options?

6. Consequences • What would the pros be? • What would the cons be? • Did you factor your values when listing the pros and cons?

7. Decide • Make your decision • Will anybody be hurt? • Will you be able to stick by it?

8. Evaluate • What did you learn from this experience? • What will you do differently?

9. Tool 1: Decision making model • A-assess • B-brainstorm • C-consequences • D-decide • E-evaluate

10. Scenario #1 • 1. Bill and Tom, both 18, are driving around on a Saturday night looking for something to do. Tom stops at his house to make some phone calls and pick up some beer for the road. He hands the 6-pack to Bill, who immediately cracks one open and tosses the rest in the backseat. Tom, distracted by Bill, drives through a stop sign. The next thing the boys notice is the siren from an approaching police car. What should they do?

11. Scenario #2 • 2. Cindy is 16 years old. Cindy’s parents and her 23-year old brother Rich are going away for the weekend. Renee, Cindy’s best friend, is pressuring her to throw a huge party Saturday night for all their friends. Renee even asked Rich if he could pick up a few kegs for them. Rich brought back two kegs of beer, a case of Mike’s hard lemonade, a bottle of Vodka, and a few bottles of wine, which he hid in the basement. Renee also spread the word around school for everyone to show up. What should Cindy do?

12. Scenario #3 • 3. Derek and Jay are best friends. They are both starting linemen on the football team. After practice one night, Derek leaves the locker room and heads outside. When he opens the door, he sees Jay take a bag of weed from some kid and stick it in his pocket. Embarrassed, Derek keeps walking towards Jay and pretends he didn’t see anything. They walk home together as always. What should Derek do?

13. Scenario #4 4. Julie sees her popular friends pick on the new girl before school everyday. They call her “freak, cutter and goth-girl.” Julie doesn’t really say anything because she is usually too busy getting last minute things done for the school day. One day in choir, the new girl sits by Julie and they start having random small talk. Julie learns they have a lot of the same taste in music and she thinks she would like hanging out with her. Julie also learns that the little things her friends are saying to the new girl are really hurting her and she has thought about quitting school. Julie is afraid that her friends she has had her whole life will laugh at her when they find out she has an interest in the new girl. What should Julie do?

14. Tool 2: Know the difference between needs & wants • Come up with a list of 5 needs and 5 wants on a scratch paper • Then compare with your peers • Questions to think about when determining needs vs wants • Could you get along without this? • What would your life be like without this? • Is this a need and a want?

15. Tool 2: Know the difference between needs & wants • Keys to Tool 2 • Wanting too much leads to stress • Manage your time • Prioritize & set goals

16. Tool 3: Recovery from bad decision making • This is part of being human • 4 tips • Be honest and admit it • Accept the consequences • Make up for it • Learn from mistakes

17. Tool 4: know your mind and heart (goals & values) • Better decisions are easier if you are consciously aware of your values and goals • Take 5 minutes and make a list of traits you have or like/value in other people

18. Values & Ethics Scenario Your busy schedule has kept you from really working on that science research paper. It is due in two days, and you have only a rough outline of what you are going to say. You need this paper to be good, to keep your sports and activities schedule from suffering. You need more supporting research. There is a web site that has “ready to use” research papers. In fact, you have found one that would work for your paper. Your science teacher is very busy with school business and doesn’t always check the reports against online copies. Do you use the online copy to fit your schedule, or do you make room in your schedule to write it yourself?

19. Values & Ethics Scenario You are a valuable member of the student store staff. You handle many of the cash box transactions, moving the daily cash between the store and the office, where it is held overnight. You remember that you needed to have cash to reserve your spot on the senior trip today, and your wallet is empty. You have the money at home, but forgot to pick it up this morning. You can’t ask your friends because they don’t carry that much cash, and no one is at your house to bring it over. You know how the money is moved around through the student store, and could “borrow” the money from the cash box until tomorrow, and nobody would probably know. How do you proceed?

20. Values & Ethics Scenario You have been struggling in your Economics class. The content does not come easily, so you have put in countless hours to understand and do the assignments. There is another student who breezes through the assignments, getting high marks for the work he turns in. You know for a fact that he has used his college-aged cousin to do some of the assignments for him. You don’t know how many assignments were turned in this way, but you are certain that he, in fact, did not do all the work. Your frustration increases over the last assignment that you worked overtime on, but did poorly. Of course, this other student scored well on the same assignment. You could drop the teacher an anonymous note about the implied cheating on the part of this other student. It might get the teacher to slow down a little, and help you in the long run. What do you do?

21. Tool 4: know your mind and heart (goals & values) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIUOdrWl-ts • Goal: Something you want and are willing to work for • Goal buster: things that get in the way of achievement • Long Term Goals • Short Term Goals

22. Tool 4: know your mind and heart (goals & values) • SMART Goals • S-specific • M-measurable • A-achievable • R-realistic • T-timely

23. Pg 27 activity • Answer yes, no, or sometimes for each question • Only answer yes for items you practice regularly

24. Pg 27 activity • Score this by giving • 5 points for every yes • 3 points for every sometimes • 0 points for every no • 45-50 excellent • 30-44 good • 15-29 fair • 0-14 needs improvement