Choice Comes With Reward And Consequences
These can be intended and unintended.
Someone once asked me, how do you make decisions so quickly? That’s relative. No matter what, I would prefer to have as many facts in hand as I can get. Once I’m ready to make a decision, two intentions must be considered. They are intended and unintended; let’s examine that for better understanding.
Intended
Decisions are made because someone wants a particular consequence. However, it doesn’t always work like that.
EXAMPLE: You’ve decided to cut the water off so that you can drain a ditch in the road. The water line is broken. That’s a simple example of an intended consequence.
Unintended
We must always take both points of view. We must see both sides of the coin. Have you ever decided you would do something, even if it benefits so many others, and found out that another group suffered because of the decision?
EXAMPLE: You’re draining the ditch as intended. Just four more hours until the repairs have been made and the water can be turned back on. In the meantime, fresh incoming water is a life-and-death situation upstream. They can go for two, maybe two and a half hours without fresh incoming water.
The clock is ticking. The original reason for turning off the water is still in play. What would you do?
