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Decision making is really more complicated than it seems to the eyes.

At certain intervals in life there is always an avenue to make decisions. Most people ended up in their current state based on certain decisions they had made in the past. Emotions are sometimes determined by some decisions you made at some points in life; I mean you being happy or regretful could often be associated with some decisions you made.

Let’s take a student trying to choose an academic field of study for example; there is always a need to choose wisely at this stage and it’s always a very crucial one because it tends to contribute to his or her entire life academically, socially and some times financially. Let’s assume he or she made a wrong decision and chose a non compatible field of study, there will definitely be some anomaly in the career journey which may have adverse effect on the not just the student’s life but the society and world at large. Just imagine a half baked doctor conducting a major surgery, yeah you guessed right.

Most people especially the aged, are victims of regrets due to poor decision making. You would always find the elderly sharing with the young ones several mistakes they made in decision making and trying to advise the young ones to try and learn from those mistakes.

In the country these days several news have been going around especially in regards the upcoming general election to determine the next person that will rule the nation for “4years or more”. That’s really a long period if you think about it! We can say Nigerians are about to witness a crucial decision making, or better still about to choose between several alternatives. Whether their decision will lead to the country‘s growth or downfall within that 4years of ruling is left to choice.

Decision making may sound like a mere matter of choice but it is way more than that. Virtually every aspect of our lives is controlled by decision making. To Succeed or to fail, to be financially stable or ruined by poverty, and many aspects of life are always a result of the quality of decisions made.

Decision making can either change your life positively or negatively, it is all dependent on you. Many youths out there are chosing the wrong priorities which may seem harmless at the moment. Some are so determined to abandon schooling to chose a carefree life. The heavens could not be blamed concerning them, they chose to be that way and sooner or later they realize that they themselves are the architect of their fortune or misfortune.

To the youth, it is high time we started being more intentional about decision making. If for nothing to avoid regret and to serve as a good example to the younger generation.