If you will be exercising your voting right in the very near future, here are a few due diligence tags worth considering before you cast your decision: “The Latest Polls Say…” How many times a day do we see this headline? How many times is there full disclosure that describes the details of how a […]
Archive for gut feelings – Page 2
Current reports are claiming that almost half of the adult population trusts and/or believes in astrological signs, stars, tarot cards, visions, readings, charts and other techniques. Now, stir in many of the other subjective alternatives into the world of decisioning: Instincts and Gut Feelings (Intuition, Abstraction, Baseless, Feelings, Hunches, Small Voices) Herd Thinking (Crowd Mentality, […]
“Gadgets that can recognize handwriting, receive wireless data from TV shows, and read minds through artificial intelligence were among the hottest tech toys at the American International Toy Fair in New York.” At the American International Toy Fair, a new interactive toy that will be marketed to children was introduced. It employs artificial intelligence, fuzzy […]
This weekend’s golf tournament was both entertaining and instructional. On one hand, there was the player who was leading while entering the final round, and it was his tourney to lose. A little further down the pack was the closest challenger who differentiated himself by an obvious trait and methodology. What was the distinguishing factor? […]
I just viewed a live interview with Bubba Watson on “Morning Drive” and the Golf Channel. In case you missed, he is the new winner of the Green Jacket (Master’s Golf Tournament). He won in historic fashion in a sudden death playoff. What is notable is how he made the critical decision at just the […]
Our Zillion Dollar Thinking site and blog now has a life of almost two years. As such, we have posted hundreds of topics…all around the subject of “decisioning.” As a contributing writer in another forum, I sparked several comments and responses to a recent article. The rhetoric was sharp and provoking which drove me to […]
You think you are facing yourself as a simple reflection only to find that you are being observed as the subject of a two-way mirror. What’s the point? The analogy here is that, often when you make a decision, you believe that you are deciding in a vacuum…just you and your decision. But, in this […]
We’ve all been there: Dinner becomes a pyramid pitch (Amway, etc.) Brother in law’s latest venture (who wants your investment capital) Divorce/separation announcement (or other) Coming “out of the closet” (over anything) A declaration is announced (position, party, choice, etc.) Position of beliefs becomes aggressive (religion/politics/values) Any other decision that will be life (or lifestyle) […]
This exercise/technique is an abbreviated method of selecting 10 of the most applicable questions from the *ZDT Calculators for a direction. It could be an effective tool when time is short and the decision is important. If you apply the 4 steps from our standard *MODEL TM as a template, it can work as a […]
One of the best signs and predictors of a response or decision is the track record, pattern or history of the individual or entity. The commodities and futures markets live by the slogan “the trend is your friend.” We believe that this also applies to decisioning. Consider: One definition of “insanity:” “Doing the same thing […]
