Journal Entry 3

J. Feder
9/24/08

Journal Entry 3 for Ag Leadership

When I think of the steps that are involved in making good decisions, I reflect on my past decisions and how I went about making them. For me, making a good decision requires me to know exactly what the problem is. The next step for me is to gather all my solutions- their pros and cons and evaluate them. Then I need to make a choice and implement it. Finally, I must go back and evaluate how the solution is working for me. For example, I recently had to decide what to do with the books on my overflowing bookcase. I thought to myself that I could just throw the books away, I could donate them to the library, I could keep all the books or I could weed through and then donate them to the Salvation Army. The pro of just throwing the books away would be an empty bookcase (room for more books) but the con was I would be getting rid of some ones that I liked. The pro of donating them to the library would be that someone else would be able to enjoy them but the con was that I would again lose some books I liked. The pro of keeping all the books would be that I did not lose any books I really liked but the con was that my bookcase would still be overflowing. The pro of weeding through the books and then donating them to the Salvation Army is that I would end up with the books I liked and someone else would enjoy the rest but the con of that would be the trip taking down to the place. I decided to weed through the books and then donate them to the Salvation Army. I know that was the best solution for me because it enabled me to keep the books I liked, do some good and solve the problem of the bookcase overflowing.