{"id":105,"date":"2014-05-01T21:56:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakehomes.com\/info\/articles\/?p=105"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:55:45","slug":"decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide","title":{"rendered":"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My friend John Burdett has written a great post today about decision making and his advice to <a title=\"Predecide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastslowmotion.com\/predecide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pre-decide<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp; As John says, &#8220;You have to pre-decide how you will respond before you are in the middle of a circumstance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is great advice for home buyers, sellers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/articles-and-news\/get-schooled-on-these-common-lake-real-estate-terms\">real estate agents<\/a>. Far too many smart people limit themselves to only reacting to situations about their home buying\/selling process that should have been expected situations. These individuals are often poorly prepared for decision-making, having put little to no advance thought into their upcoming possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would submit that for real estate agents, this goes even farther. True professionals prepare, train, and seek out ways to continually learn (and improve) new skills. They have pre-decided to be better decision makers. They work on better pre-deciding through ongoing preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The really smart people have considered their options and choices in advance. It&#8217;s not hard, but it does take effort. Of course, in the long run, better decision making&nbsp;takes less effort than failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read John&#8217;s complete post at <a title=\"Predecide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastslowmotion.com\/predecide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.fastslowmotion.com\/predecide\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend John Burdett has written a great post today about decision making and his advice to Pre-decide.&#8221;&nbsp; As John says, &#8220;You have to pre-decide how you will respond before you are in the middle of a circumstance.&#8221; This is great advice for home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents. Far too many smart people limit themselves to only reacting to situations about their home buying\/selling process that should have been expected situations. These individuals are often poorly prepared for decision-making, having put little to no advance thought into their upcoming possibilities. I would submit that for real estate agents,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15429,12062,12064,12063,3],"tags":[7,25,27,26],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ceo-insights","category-for-buyers-advice_and_tips","category-for-homeowners","category-for-sellers-advice_and_tips","category-advice_and_tips","tag-ceo-thoughts","tag-decision-making","tag-preparation","tag-skills"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Decision Making 101: Pre-decide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Really smart people consider their options and choices in advance. In the long run, better decision making takes less effort than failing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Really smart people consider their options and choices in advance. In the long run, better decision making takes less effort than failing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lake Homes Realty Articles and Info - LakeHomes.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LakeHomesRealtyLLC\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-01T21:56:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-24T15:55:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glenn S. Phillips\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/glennsphillips1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lakehomesrealty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glenn S. Phillips\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Glenn S. Phillips\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e649cf0a7225bcb7fc48a12e999bb221\"},\"headline\":\"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-01T21:56:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-24T15:55:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"CEO Thoughts\",\"decision making\",\"preparation\",\"skills\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CEO Insights\",\"For Buyers\",\"For Homeowners\",\"For Sellers\",\"Real Estate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\",\"name\":\"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-01T21:56:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-24T15:55:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Really smart people consider their options and choices in advance. In the long run, better decision making takes less effort than failing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lake Homes Realty Articles and Info - LakeHomes.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lake Homes Realty\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/LHR-Logo-Primary.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/LHR-Logo-Primary.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Lake Homes Realty\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LakeHomesRealtyLLC\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/lakehomesrealty\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/lakehomesrealty\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/lake-homes-realty\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/lakehomesrealty\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/lakehomesrealty\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e649cf0a7225bcb7fc48a12e999bb221\",\"name\":\"Glenn S. Phillips\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06929c6dfcabedad08faea7d300fb4edd5ae814486d3372cb54af7b309abdb4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06929c6dfcabedad08faea7d300fb4edd5ae814486d3372cb54af7b309abdb4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06929c6dfcabedad08faea7d300fb4edd5ae814486d3372cb54af7b309abdb4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Glenn S. Phillips\"},\"description\":\"Glenn S. Phillips is the CEO of Lake Homes Realty. He is also an author and speaker. When not thinking about real estate and technology, he periodically plays his ugly tuba (complete with a bullet hole), enjoys exploring cognitive thinking, and prefers dark chocolate.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/glennstewartphillips\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.twitter.com\\\/glennsphillips1\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakehomes.com\\\/info\\\/lifestyles\\\/author\\\/gphillips\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide","description":"Really smart people consider their options and choices in advance. In the long run, better decision making takes less effort than failing.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide","og_description":"Really smart people consider their options and choices in advance. In the long run, better decision making takes less effort than failing.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide","og_site_name":"Lake Homes Realty Articles and Info - LakeHomes.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LakeHomesRealtyLLC\/","article_published_time":"2014-05-01T21:56:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-24T15:55:45+00:00","author":"Glenn S. Phillips","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/glennsphillips1","twitter_site":"@lakehomesrealty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glenn S. Phillips","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide"},"author":{"name":"Glenn S. Phillips","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#\/schema\/person\/e649cf0a7225bcb7fc48a12e999bb221"},"headline":"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide","datePublished":"2014-05-01T21:56:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-24T15:55:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide"},"wordCount":186,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#organization"},"keywords":["CEO Thoughts","decision making","preparation","skills"],"articleSection":["CEO Insights","For Buyers","For Homeowners","For Sellers","Real Estate"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide","url":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide","name":"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-05-01T21:56:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-24T15:55:45+00:00","description":"Really smart people consider their options and choices in advance. In the long run, better decision making takes less effort than failing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/decision_making_101_predecide-dont_decide_predecide#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Decision Making 101: Pre-decide"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/","name":"Lake Homes Realty Articles and Info - LakeHomes.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#organization","name":"Lake Homes Realty","url":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LHR-Logo-Primary.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LHR-Logo-Primary.png","width":1000,"height":250,"caption":"Lake Homes Realty"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LakeHomesRealtyLLC\/","https:\/\/x.com\/lakehomesrealty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lakehomesrealty\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lake-homes-realty","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/lakehomesrealty\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/lakehomesrealty"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/#\/schema\/person\/e649cf0a7225bcb7fc48a12e999bb221","name":"Glenn S. Phillips","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06929c6dfcabedad08faea7d300fb4edd5ae814486d3372cb54af7b309abdb4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06929c6dfcabedad08faea7d300fb4edd5ae814486d3372cb54af7b309abdb4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06929c6dfcabedad08faea7d300fb4edd5ae814486d3372cb54af7b309abdb4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Glenn S. Phillips"},"description":"Glenn S. Phillips is the CEO of Lake Homes Realty. He is also an author and speaker. When not thinking about real estate and technology, he periodically plays his ugly tuba (complete with a bullet hole), enjoys exploring cognitive thinking, and prefers dark chocolate.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/glennstewartphillips","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/glennsphillips1"],"url":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/lifestyles\/author\/gphillips"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28089,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/28089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakehomes.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}