Decision-Making Model
             On the morning November 23, 2003, I was a victim of an 18 years old DUI driver not only ending my career but almost ending my life. I had previously decided to go into retirement as a part time worker without any worries except for when and where I was going to play golf or travel to next. Then in less than 30 seconds my life was full of decisions that had to be made. This model of decision making is modified from Rick Robert's seven-step Decision Making Model for Career Decision Making.
             IDENTIFY THE DECISION TO BE MADE
             Step one; identify exactly what I needed to decide and how many options would be available. Deciding exactly what I needed to do was very difficulty at first. It included whether I would ever walk again or be confined to a wheel chair for the rest of my life. Would I be able to return to the type of work I had been doing or do I need to return to a desk job. If neither option was available would I need to start over again with something new? What might that be? Depending on the out come dictated what was I going to do in order to function and live in a manor I was comfortable with? After 23 days in the hospital it became clear that a new career was needed. But how was I going to survive financially?
             KNOW YOURSELF
             Step two; what are the skills, interests, values and personality traits that I possess and how can I put them to work for my success. I feel this is a key step to identify yourself and lay the foundation for the remaining steps to reach your ultimate goal. I was successful in using brainstorming as a way to identify the various skills, interests, values and personality traits of myself.
             IDENTIFY OPTIONS
             Step three; identify the current options and what other options might be available. The two main options were the question of returning to school or not. The other options available were what type of school a regular college or university, a online school, ...