Smart Choices

What do you really want? What do you really need? What are your hopes? your goals?

Maintain Your Perspective

Am I working on the right problem?

Reexamine Your Problem Definition as You Go

Gain fresh insights by asking others how they see the situation.

Establish a sufficient but workable scope for your problem definition.

Understand what other decisions impinge on or hinge on this decision.

Identify the essential elements of the problem.

Question the constraints in your problem statement.

Ask what triggered this decision. Why am I even considering it?