Check Your Motives

Application

When initiating a new purchase ask yourself a few questions such as:

• Is someone prompting you by saying you should buy?

• Are there less costly alternatives to achieve the same purpose?
• Will this stand the test of deferral?
• Have others been consulted?
• Have I envisioned this through to the end results?
• Am I being unduly influenced by the requisitioner?

When renewing after a prolonged time lapse, verify the original reasons are still valid. There may have been ulterior motives in the original purchase such as: political, association with others or coercion by circumstances at the time of the initial purchase that are no longer in play.

This is especially important for the small business manager who is often the only purchasing authority.

Develop a discipline that adds very little, if any, to the time expended making purchasing decisions.

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Outcomes

• Different perspective to purchases
• Wiser purchases
• Reduction of expenditures

Related Topics

• Ego and perks control
• Who are the people who "should" you?

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