How to make a difficult decision

I need to make a difficult decision within the next week.

Don’t want to bore with details but said decision will directly impact career, family, and relationships.

My question is: What is your process to making difficult decisions?

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We are on an anonymous forum and you don't want to 'bore' us with the details to make a good decision. It's too vague to answer. But, I'll bite. I make all my hard decisions after a hard workout. Hit the gym and burn 2000 calories and pore over the decision.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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Usually flip a coin, no joke

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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