Unlimited.

Decision making is commonly explained as comparing and then choosing between at least two options.

The problem with this model is it assumes the pre-existing options are the limit of our world.

The Five Steps to Good Decision Making opens us up to unseen possibilities.

By Stepping Back, we acknowledge, wallow in, then purge ourselves of, our emotional reflex: our selfishness.

By Defining the Issue, we remind ourselves of our Widget that we may have forgotten.

By Assessing the Information, we become the naive inquirer and open to new evidence.

By Giving a Hearing, we listen to the best argument from anyone with skin in the game.

By Checking for Bias, we again remind ourselves of our Widget.

The Five Steps - or any process we design - gives us the best chance of finding a previously hidden doorway. Or otherwise affirming our previous options.