Personal Balance Sheet
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This Personal Balance Sheet technique by Janis and Mann is a form of Listing Pros and Cons. This was originally used by counsellors etc. for people to make a reasoned, public and recorded statement of why and individual was going to make a specific change (such as stop drinking or drugs) on the basis that it was then munch more difficult for a individual to renege later.
| Expected Gains | Expected Losses | |||||||
| For you | For others | For you | For others | |||||
| Tangible | Subjective | Tangible | Subjective | Tangible | Subjective | Tangible | Subjective | |
| Option 1 | ||||||||
| Option 2 | ||||||||
References
- Decision Making, I.L. Janis and L. Mann
- Techniques of Structured Problem Solving by VanGundy