I haven’t really done this on the blog before, but maybe I will start doing it more. I want to try and ask a fairly straightforward question and just see how people respond.
Question: How do you most naturally make decisions? Do you tend to be far-sighted - basing them on some grand scheme or big picture or do you tend to be near-sighted, making decisions by evaluating what seems most fitting in the moment and for the time being?
Hope that makes sense, can’t wait to hear what people say.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Alex Rozko // Apr 12, 2007 at 4:17 pm
You know me better then most, so you understand I typically have a move with the current attitude. But when it comes to making “natural” decisions, I try to predict the experience or the outcome first. If (A) happens inevitably (B) then (C) will occur. Although my decisions are typically more spontaneous, I suppose this falls into the category of far-sighted.
2 Maria // Apr 19, 2007 at 1:41 am
I’m both. And I don’t like your dichotomy;) But some times I seem short-sighted and pragmatic to you, but really there is a plan moving towards a more grand futuristic scheme. Other times I’m just pragmatic, concerned with people and their well-being and get tracked off from some significant tenants in my trajectory… Does that last sentence make sense?
3 JR Rozko // Apr 27, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Yeah, I knew you wouldn’t, but I still tend to think that people primarily operate out of one way or the other. Of course, a blend will always make for wiser decisions.
Amazingly, to me at least, that last sentence does make sense - sometimes pragmatics become more important than the principles (tenants) which you mean to guide you - right? If so, I can see that.
Perhaps I just need to be confessional in saying that I have a really hard time doing or committing to things until I know how they contribute to something beyond themselves. I bet this is related to the J in my little ENTJ thing - I tend to think in terms of doing things because they are either fitting or not based on a certain set of presuppositions.
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