Life is full of decisions; everyday people make numerous decisions. From the moment that someone wakes up in the morning he or she are faced with decisions. What will he wear, what is he going to eat for breakfast, or does he even want to get out of bed. People make so many decisions every day. These decisions have many effects that determine whether they are good decisions or not. There are many different reasons that people make the choices that they do. It is hard to understand all that goes into making decisions. The decisions that a people make are based on many different factors. Time is a major factor in the decisions people make. Someone gets up late for so they speed all the way to work. They make it on time but they put themselves …show more content…
People are always asking, “How much will that cost?” when being faced with a decision. They are asked go out to lunch with their friends and the first thing that they think is, “Do I have enough money for that?” How much money someone has causes them to make many different decisions. Who they socialize with, who they seek as a spouse, or what they have as hobbies. People decide who they socialize with based on what they have in common. The amount of money two people have can either bring them closer or drive them apart. Someone who is poor will not likely socialize with someone who has great wealth. The cause of this is what forms “classes” of people. Wealthier people are considered high class people because they have a great deal of money. Poor people are considered low class people because they have a minimal amount of money. So people are classified based on how much money they have instead of their character and personality. When people are looking for a spouse they are first attracted by looks, then personality, and then wealth. People may have strong feelings for one another but due to the lack of money one of them makes, they are driven apart. Hobbies are very dependent on money. Someone who has a lot of money may have hobbies such as boating or gambling. Both boating and gambling are expensive hobbies. Someone who has little money may have hobbies such as exercising or just taking a walk. The amount of money someone …show more content…
The factors of time, money, desires, and careers all play a large role in the decision making process. Time plays a role in nearly every decision a person makes. Time cannot be controlled and it is very valuable so people do not want to waste it. Sometimes the fear of wasting time causes people to make irreversible decisions. Money is part of many decisions that a person makes. Money also limits the decisions people can make. People’s decisions are also dependent on their desires. Someone’s desires will cause them to make many various decisions. The career that a person has effects many of their decisions. Time, money, desires, and careers all come together when making decisions. A person’s desires will decide what career that they choose along with what they decide to do with their time and money. The career that a person chooses effects the time and money that they have and also what desires they can fulfill. The time a person has decides what career they choose, how and where they spend their money along with the desires that they have time for. Money effects what career a person chooses, what a person does with their time and what desires they have. All the factors of decision making come together when making a
	Living is about making choices. The choices people make shape their lives for better or worse. Even the decision not to choose has its effects, often not wanted. But the individual who chooses to make positive choices and to act accordingly is more likely to see his or her life reflect his or her beliefs and desires. Usually the individual who chooses to take action is also willing to face the risks and obstacles that such choices involve.
Before starting this reading assignment I never thought to question why I make the decisions I do in such a short amount of time. After reading Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, written by Malcolm Gladwell I have a better understanding of how we as individuals perceive and react to information. This book provides insight on how to critically asses and understand the way our minds operate on a deeper level. The book consists of 6 chapters, each providing insight on how the decision making process works and how it affects what we do with every second of the day. Throughout each chapter there are subsections with personal stories, case studies, or examples that help provide an alternative view on how the decision making process is carried out under normal circumstances.
In society, often our perspective of people is shaped by their socioeconomic status. People center their values based upon various other origins, such as money or other material things, as opposed to personality to grasp a more authentic understanding of a person.
There are many things that affect how people see each other. Judging others on their looks, personalities, and lifestyles is as natural as sleeping. A common subject of judgement has always been social class; each class has judged one another for centuries. Looking at another class is like looking into the window of another world that is shrouded in mystery; especially the upper class. The idea of being wealthy is surrounded by a stereotype that life is easy and everything is perfect. F. Scott Fitzgerald teaches in The Great Gatsby that this is not true through three different social classes in the 1920s: old money, new money, and no money. Although status makes life easier it can negatively affect the personalities of people with old money, new money, and no money.
Society today is split in many different ways: the smart and the dumb, the pretty and the ugly, the popular and the awkward, and of course the rich and the poor. This key difference has led to many areas of conflict among the population. The rich and the poor often have different views on issues, and have different problems within their lives. Moral decay and materialism are two issues prevalent among the wealthy, while things such as socio-economic class conflict and the American dream may be more important to those without money. Ethics and responsibilities are an area of thought for both classes, with noblesse oblige leaning more towards the wealthy.
As we move through our lives we make thousands if not millions of choices, they all impact us in some manner. Some have large impacts, some have small impacts, some good, some bad, and some we barely even notice. These impacts shape who we are and affect us in many ways. In many cases it’s the seemingly insignificant choices that impact us the most, they always don’t impact us immediately, but more so over time.
As a society, individuals often revert to the financial status of a person in order to judge their character and potential. However, looking solely at social class, the perception of the individual is primarily based on material possessions or lack thereof.
... that they affect one another. A person who lives by a lower income will not have that mines and chances of become wealthy. A person in the other spectrum, which is born into a higher class, will most likely stay wealth. This leads to an endless cycle of generations staying within the working class realm. The likely hood of a person moving up a class is rare but it does exist. People need to be pushed and have a drive to keep going and to keep trying. That is why we are told we have an equal chance in life so we can all strive for better even though in reality we do not all have an equal chance. But nonetheless people should try to become successful even if they never make it in life because a life without purpose, goals, or ambitions is a meaningless life. As humans we need a reason to live, another day for people to take advantage and make the best of it.
People sometimes make careless and uninformed decisions. Most times, people feel rushed into making decisions without thinking it through completely. I feel the main issue is that they don’t define their problem or identify what they are trying to decide. People may also forget to look at all their choices when deciding. Not going through the decision making process, people can make careless and uninformed choices.
According to Vander Zanden (1997), Erikson says that during each life stage of development, individuals will have to encounter unique life events. These life events enable the individuals to achieve their level of growth through life (Vander Zanden, 1997). Papalia and Olds (1998) say that young adulthood is a can-do period. This is the stage where decision making is important. Exercising their freedom to be independent, and using what they have learnt in their adolescent years. This is the time of exploration, trying things out, and weighing up the pros and cons. This is also the stage where the individual chooses to be away from family, to be independent, make their own decisions, buying their own home, budgeting, finance, accommodation, and day to day living.
Several reasons why people make profound decisions include their past experiences, subjective bias, and individual differences, such as gender and socioeconomic status.
...occurs in everyday life for everyone. Making decisions is a constant process the human brain makes many times a day, for instance whether to go to the gym or eat McDonalds, go to the bar over studying for a test, or betting “all-in” at a poker tournament with no cards that are able to be played. All of those examples are risky depending on the type of person making those decisions. No one person is the same as the next, so risky decisions are subjective, although there are just some decisions that can be life changing like where to go to college, who to marry, and to have children or not. Also, the context in which the situation is framed plays a huge role on how a person decides what to do. Many influences such as emotions, stress, video games, or even other people’s decisions can ultimately determine the type of decision any individual may make, risky or not.
Decision making process is one of the most important parts in every organization. The goal of decision-making in organizations is to improve the function of the organization. The process of making quality decisions in human resources is unlike other important decision processes. A good decision process must have effective ways to identify and gather relevant and complete information, but it must also be so structured that the human interactions or psycho-social factors involved in decision-making are channelled toward quality decisions. An organization may have excellent information, but the individuals making the decision may be unable to process this information effectively, they may be inclined to conflict
Money can give people a lot opportunities and privilege. Financially privileged people have no trouble getting materialistic things such as big houses, expensive cars, and jewelry. Being privileged can also provide better scholastic education as well as respect. On the other hand, a lack of money, as a person might guess, limits opportunity and lower a person’s status on the privilege pole. In order for an underprivileged person to have all of those things, they have to work hard to get to get the luxuries of nice houses, cars, and jewelry. As far as education goes, the underprivileged might not go to the best schools but they get an education that will prove to be more valuable in life; they learn to earn respect, appreciate what they have and how to survive with just the necessities and what’s really important in life. So when a person looks at each group and tries to decided with one gets the most out of life, they will see that underprivileged individuals get so much more out of life than a person who came up in affluence and privilege.
We make choices every hour, every minute, and every second of our lives; whether big or small our choices are slowly putting us in the direction we choose or end up. Many of us do not realize what contributes to the choices we make and why it affects others the same way if affects us and because of this many authors and writers have written stories and articles about coming to terms with making a choice and how to better ourselves when it comes to decision-making for the future.