bad decisions

Decision is primarily , choosing an optimal course of action, rationally, froma a host of choices. It assumes that we wiegh the pros and cons and then arrive at the decision. But do we always do that?

Does anyone really make bad decisions. A decision turns out to be a bad one only when the outcome becomes something other than what you expected. But was there anyway to know in advance that there could be other repercussions. In many cases we would have realised it , if we had taken an objective look at the matter. Most of the time decisions are anything but rational because we are not really rational animals.
Decisions are dependent on the compexity of the problem , available time to make the decisions, the seriousness of the consequences and the mental capability of the decision maker and personal values. causes of bad decisions. elements of a good decisionn.
causes of not being able to make even small chices
Even the best of us can make trribly wrong decision . We may wonder later , what we were thinking or how could we have been so blind to all the consequences of our choices . A bad decision does not make youa bad person. IAt the time we would have felt that, that was the only choice.
Do nottake a decision when you are under emotional stress