For me, there's two ways of going through this world, we live and draw conclusions based on things which can be verified, or we operate and
make decisions based on reasoning that can never be validated.
If
you make a decision based on reasons that don't feel good to you, then you set yourself up for a lot of unnecessary suffering.
Not exact matches
The number one rule of becoming mentally tough is to stop
making decisions based on emotion and instead,
make them
based on logic and
reason.
Zuckerberg said Thursday that «voters
make decisions based on their lived experience,» continuing, «Part of what I think is going
on here is people are trying to understand results of the election, but I do think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only
reason that some of them are voting the way they did is because they saw some fake news.
It's not until you actually start your own apparel store that you'll realize how many
decisions you'll be
making on a daily
basis, and for that
reason, you want to
make sure you have a plan.
LeRoy believes Amazon is a calculating company that will
make a
decision based on economics, and he sees workforce
reasons why Atlanta's bid could fall short.
The Philidor sales transactions in Q4 2014, and the subsequent accounting treatment, was the result of a careful and
reasoned accounting
decision made by the Company's Corporate Controller
based on what she considered to be complete and accurate facts, and I was told by the Corporate Controller that the outside auditors reviewed the transactions in question.
If you're truly grappling with the existence of god there is only one
decision to
make: do you choose to live your life
based on fact and
reason, or do you live it
based on fantasy?
They
make decisions about the direction our country should take
based on something that is by their own admission subjective, personal, and not founded
on reason, or even good sense.
Their
reasoning is that public
decisions should be
made on the
basis of principles and arguments accessible to all persons.
If the pastor doesn't know who
made the calls, then there is absolutely no
reason that he should have been
making decisions based on the calls.
If it came to light that
decisions of the triage / lifeboat variety were being
made in the distribution of our excess food resources, not for the sake of long - range survival and well - being of the greatest number
based upon utilitarian calculation, but rather for the rawest, most crass and most selfish political
reasons, would this not indeed have a devastating effect
on the American moral consciousness?
As long as people
base decisions that impact others
on their religious beliefs, there is a good
reason to
make this part of the social dialogue.
But the faith in our salvation is a gift from God, it is not something we sinners conjure up
on our own by our intelligence and maturity, and then
make a
decision,
based on our
reasoned decision making, to believe.
I will to the best of my ability,
make decisions that affect other people,
based on reason and science that are logically accurate and defendable.
The grown - ups in this country should be able to
make their life
decisions based on reason and logic.
I hate to complain, but Wenger's
decisions seem to be
based on reasoning beyond the tactical focus, per position (formation), you'd expect a top manager to
make.
Sometimes it's easy to
make your
decision based on nothing more than the last result or two, it does, after all, take effort to incorporate information from a decade or more into any
reasoning.
I am of the thinking before that Le prof
makes his
decision purely for football
reason and not
basing it
on emotional
reason.
The problem, as Paul S. Echlin, M.D. of the Elliott Sports Medicine Clinic in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and author of the Canadian study, points out, is that the «young athlete is often caught between competing demands of the adults around them» and «sometimes
make decisions based on the adult whom they perceive to have the most influence
on their success, and also whom they wish most to please for a variety of
reasons.»
I encourage to all moms - to - be that are planning to BF to read all they can about it and to
make the
decision to BF or not
based on your own
reasons not
based on what other people think because in the end you are the one that will do all the work.
For some
reason I was remarkably calm with all my
decisions I
made with my second one and I actually decided part of the
reason why I feel like that is sabotaged myself is because I
made a lot of
decisions based on how much something costs.
Ethical Issues We want a society where issues of ethical policy are debated openly and where
decisions made on such issues are
based on reason, evidence and shared human values.
Trial and jury consultant Marshall Hennington said one
reason personal - injury lawyers do so well in The Bronx is because «disenfranchised» jurors often
make decisions based on emotions rather than evidence.
«They should be free to
make policy and legislative
decisions based on sound
reasoning and input from their constituents, not heavy - handed political party bosses or special interest groups.»
But that
reasoning is
based on the assumption that people
make their
decisions like Star Trek's supremely rational Vulcans.
Based on the psychology of
decision -
making, Gneezy
reasoned, that should boost donations by eliminating people's overhead aversion.
Though many choices will not succumb to such a simple approach, the researchers have identified several other shortcuts that
make a
decision based on a single
reason.
(in study design) To assign people in one group or another
based on no particular
reason; indeed, researchers often use a computer to
make the
decision without knowing anything about the individual.
For this
reason, the Panel strongly recommends shared
decision -
making for men age 55 to 69 years that are considering PSA screening, and proceeding
based on men's values and preferences.
For this
reason, the Panel strongly recommends shared
decision -
making for men age 55 to 69 years that are considering PSA screening, and proceeding
based on a man's values and preferences.
Many young people
make tanning
decisions «
based on emotions and feelings, rather than logic and
reason,» said Watson, an assistant professor of marketing at Oregon State University - Cascades.
Victor Valley nutrition services coordinator Julianne Aranda has been quoted
on the main
reasons why they offered a plant -
based menu option for inmates, saying, «what we eat not only affects us physically, but it affects our mental attitude, our aggressiveness and our ability to
make good
decisions.»
You just need to
make an educated
decision and ensure the product you do choose is
based on sound science and
reasoning.
make independent
decisions based on reasoning supported by facts gathered and analyzed by students.
Perhaps this is the ultimate goal of teaching and assessing SEL skills — providing students with an understanding of why humans
make decisions, and the power to
make decisions based on well -
reasoned beliefs as opposed to beliefs inherited from their past or their immediate surroundings.
For a variety of
reasons, states and districts use multiple measures in one particular way: to
make personnel
decisions about teachers
based on a weighted average of the separate measures.
Making a
decision based on speculation to invest in a company or in a strategy without specific and logically sound
reasoning increases risk.
IEP teams found
reasons to deny proper services and appropriate placements to save a buck and their backsides rather than
make decisions based on the best interests of children.
These are top - down executive
decisions made in New York and this is one of the
reasons in the age of Amazon, B&N sales suffer
on a quarterly
basis.
To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing
decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go
on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and
make your investing
decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The
reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise
on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has
on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker
made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never
made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.
Property owners are less likely to
base their
decision to buy or sell
on the state of the market, and they are more likely to
make the
decision for personal
reasons, because it's where they live and the place most likely to affect their quality of life.
And, eventually, rather than trying to
base every
decision on such simplified advice, you're better off taking the time to understand the
reasoning behind the sound bite, so you can
make critical
decisions on your own.
For this
reason, you should not
make your investment
decision based solely
on a comparison of funds» past performance.
Food for thought - the concept of old age in this context is difficult to define and it would be interesting to know how and for what
reason (s) the
decision to euthanize
on the
basis of «old age» was
made.
«Everyone should be concerned about the well - being of animals,» said Strand, «but when we pass laws to regulate these operations, we need to
make sure that our
decisions are
based on facts and sound
reasoning, not propaganda.
If you
make the
decision to give puppy shots, then design a vaccination program
based on science and
reason, not superstition, fear, habit, and marketing strategies.
But
making that
decision based on sound
reasoning rather than being impulsive
made me feel better.
«In the circular
reasoning that has become common in oilsands
decision -
making,» wrote the Pembina Institute's Director of Oil Sands Jennifer Grant, «the Panel
based its recommendation that the project be approved
on the assumption that the rules would be strengthened, rather than
on the likely impacts of the project under existing regulations.»
Most have to
make life
decisions based on non-scientific
reasons.