• How urgent is the decision? Do you have to make a life-and-death call right now? Call 911? Buy the car while it's on sale? Choose an experimental drug to treat a disease? Get the puppy or the adult dog? We all have to make decisions within a certain time frame, and knowing those time lim-its can help determine the urgency.
• Finally, what guides you in making the decision? Is your decision consistent with your values? Does it help get you toward your goals or something that you need? Is it helpful for many people, rather than a selfish venture for yourself? Decisions are based in large part on your values, goals, needs, and relationships with other people.