Should one make an important decision alone? If you always have someone one around who is really helpful, you are lucky and can ask them about your important decisions But sometimes you have to make important decisions by yourself for several reasons Sometimes you are alone For example, when you start to study in a foreign country Your parents and your friends are not there Thus you have to make some important decisions by yourself, like if you need to have a part-time job, how to buy a car or if you need to get a loan and how Those decisions are all important to you, but no one is available to help you that time Your parents and friends in your own country really don`t know what`s going on, and your new classmates or teachers hardly know you In that situation, you have to make all the important decisions by yourself Furthermore, in many situations, the people around you don`t have the same interests as yours Many parents are like to help their children to decide their futures If the father is a doctor, he may want his kids to be doctors, too; if the mother was graduated from MIT, she may want his children to send their applications there In that case, you have to consider carefully by yourself Do you really interested in what your parents` interests? Maybe you`d rather be an engineer instead of a doctor That time, you have to make the important decisions by yourself Although you may find your decisions are wrong at last And since they are important, the loss will be big so you may want other people to have the responsibility of the possible big mistakes But you can only learn when it`s you who lead to the failure Otherwise, you`ll either fail or learn nothing Anyway, it`s always good to have other people giving you suggestions Many people there are more experienced in some aspects, and many people there are really care about you Their advices are usually very useful But if it seems only you can make the decision, just go on, or you may miss your own interests and regret in the future