When weighing the pluses and minuses, remember to consider:
How it will affect you?
How it will affect others?
Short-term outcomes (will it only help for a little while?)
Long-term outcomes (will it cause problems down the road?)
Likelihood that the solution will solve the problem
Likelihood that you can actually carry out the solution
Watch this video for more tips on how to choose the best solution.
Choose the Solution with More Pluses that Works for You!
Consider this situation:
You are going to a movie with your friends and are running late. Your mom has asked you to take out the trash, but the dumpster is really far away and you’re really running behind. You might be able to do it in time, but if you take the trash out you’ll probably be late. On the other hand, if you don’t do it, you may get in trouble later.
What do you do? One solution is not to take out the trash, but to do it when you get home from the movie.
There are many other potential solutions to this problem, but for now, let’s think about the consequences that may result from choosing this one particular option.
What are the possible consequences for you of not taking out the trash?
What are the possible effects of your lateness on your friends?
