The person makes decisions every day. However to make the courageous decision on a certain question sometimes can be difficult. The best that the person can make – to consider the maximum quantity of options and to choose optimum, considering all consequences.
Keep calm
Excessive emotional tension can have an adverse effect on ability to make the courageous decision. If you are faced by a task to solve a complex problem, it is necessary to try to control the emotional state. If you feel discomfort, cannot calm down and are nervous, postpone this work for a while.
Weigh everything pros and cons. Prepare a backup plan
It will be simpler to make the courageous decision on any difficult question if you have all completeness of information on it. If consequences of your actions are very important, rely only on logic, do not act at random. Weigh risks which you are going to undertake, consider positive and negative sides of the actions. At adoption of courageous decisions it is very important to see in advance, than you risk and what dividends you receive subsequently, it strongly facilitates work.
One more way to simplify adoption of the courageous and important decision is to prepare a backup plan of actions. Be ready to any negative, unplanned results. If you know beforehand the actions in any given cases, it will be simpler to make decisions.
If after adoption of the decision by you, there is new information which changes your plans, be not afraid to refuse the actions. Courageous decisions are often made hardly, but you should not consider them as final.
Influence on people around
Before making any courageous decision think how it will influence the people surrounding you. It can strongly correct your plans. Look whether will be negative consequences for your friends and relatives. To reduce similar risks and, therefore, to receive big confidence in the actions, get their support. So you will consider a maximum of the moments, and it will be much simpler and safer to make the decision.
Consider all options
The decision seeming only correct, can be not the best. Even if you are completely sure of yourself, and the chosen action plan promises great success, consider alternative ways. Make the complete list of these ways, and then estimate each of them. For simplicity of assessment the list can be written out physically on the sheet of paper. You will be able always to refuse these options, but do not wave away from them, without having considered.
Give yourself time. Important and courageous decisions should not be quick.
Take responsibility
Take the responsibility for the made decision and be ready to defend it. If as goes not as you planned, you will know that the decision was conscious and was accepted responsibly.