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Roadblocks to decision making

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                                                      Image credit:  Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke   on pixabay The four barricades to decision-making are 1) Narrow framing I always found myself in this trap. I have read and heard about flexibility but I never thought such narrow framings were actually taking me far away from flexibility and vast opportunities. As I reflect back and review my life I have put myself many a time in such approach-avoidance conflicts, or avoidance-avoidance conflicts and landed up with compromising negotiation style .  So, what is this narrow framing? I remember my days of selecting my stream for senior secondary schooling. Should I choose PCMB  (Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology)  or PCMC(Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computer Science)? The same drill happened when I had to decide should I drop out and prepare for my job or join a college? We come across such limiting decisions now and then. Should I buy this car or not? Should I opt to join another compan