Trying to Make a Tough Decision? Try Asking the Five Fateful Questions.
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When I’m reluctant to take a risk or face something uncomfortable, I ask myself these five questions which, in melodramatic form, I call the “Five Fateful Questions.” They help me think clearly about a situation.
- What am I waiting for?
- What would I do if I weren’t scared?
- What steps would make things easier?
- What would I do if I had all the time and money in the world?
- What is the worst, and the best, that could happen?
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I find myself reluctant to examine what’s wrong or what’s coming. If I was to pick out some questions to “get started”, i try some different ones?
- What am I trying to accomplish?
- What are the entry criteria? (Prerequisites?)
- What is the single exit criterion, or what are the multiple exit criteria?
- When something fails, is that failure above or below the “waterline”?
- Have I fully explored the various aspects of what I seek to do?
Seeking to define the opportunity represented:
- PMI (Pluses, Minuses and Interesting Points)
- AGO (Aims, Goals and Objectives)
- CAF (Consideration of All Factors)
- OPV (Other People’s Views)
- FIP (First Important Priorities)
- APC (Alternatives, Possibilities or Choices)
- C&S (Consequences and Sequels)
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Reinke Faces Life 
I saved this. It saved me lots of thinking.
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