Interaction with Failures
Part-7
Mr.
Poor Decision: Why do you feel, you are a poor
decision maker?
John:
From my previous interaction you can understand that, I get easily misled and
get cheated, that’s the proof that I am poor decision maker
Mr.
Poor Decision: Have you not taken good decisions in
your life, is your 100-crore empire not a mark of your good decision
John:
My initial decisions did help me to achieve more, in fact I started from
scratch and my every decision was in favour me
Mr.
Poor Decision:
In those days did you spend more time in analysing?
John: Yes, I did
Mr.
Poor Decision: did
you seek others suggestions
John: Yes, I did
Mr.
Poor Decision: am I right in assuming that you don’t
spend time as well as involve others in your decision-making process
John:
you are right to some extent but some decisions I do spend time and involve
others
Mr.
Poor Decision: Remember as you grow up the ladder, you
should empower others to decide, what is trivial to you might be very important
to others
John:
it also depends on the person to whom I am entrusting,
Mr.
Poor Decision: Yes, you are right, when you develop
relationship with your team or subordinates you are also developing them in the
process
John: I can relate, why I am poor at taking
decisions
Mr.
Poor Decision: Can
you tell what is there in your mind
John:
After being misled and cheated I lost the trust on people, hence I stopped
involving them in certain affairs as a result of this I was doing too many
things, hence I spent less time on thinking & I become hasty in my decision
Mr.
Poor Decision:
Will you call yourself successful with few achievements?
John:
No, I will not
Mr.
Poor Decision:
Why, will you not call yourself successful?
John:
few incidents don’t make life
Mr.
Poor Decision:
Remember, few good decisions in the past doesn’t guarantee good decisions in
the future, few bitter experiences with people in the past doesn’t guarantee
bitter experience in the future
John:
My past baggage has been burdening me and has resulted in poor decision, I’m
ashamed about attempting suicide, that’s also because of poor decision
Mr.
Poor Decision: John, realise but don’t feel guilty,
guilt is a slow killer which forces you to take extreme decisions
John:
True,
I will not take such decisions in my life
Mr.
Poor Decision: That’s a right decision
John:
sometimes I am confused when I want to take a decision
Mr.
Poor Decision:
Remember confusion is sign of thinking and allow your mind to think.
There will a battle between emotions and logic, understand decisions that is
related to business can be logically approached and decisions that is related
to humans can be approached by emotions
Ex: When you want to invest be logical
Ex: when you want to take action against a person,
use your emotions
However, remember there are situations in business
where you need to use your emotions and while dealing with people you need to
be logical
John:
Can you give me an example
Mr.
Poor Decision:
Ex- There can a chance to reduce cost by downsizing and it sounds logically
right but remember it might result in sending out people, here you need to
connect with your purpose and values before you take a decision.
Good
decisions are output of strong values and well-defined purpose
Mr.
Poor Decision: Can you share your insights
John:
I need to revisit my Purpose and Values
John closes his eyes for few minutes and opens his
eyes and sees Mr. Habit is sitting in front of him
Part-8-Follows
M.L.Narendra Kumar
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