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All Decisions Are Not Created Equal
- Small decisions: Impact you for a day, such as what you wear and what you eat.
- Medium decisions: Impact your life for a year or so, such as deciding to go back to school or take on a roommate.
- Big decisions: These are made once or twice a year, and successful people use their goals to navigate to the right choice.
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- They keep 5 prime goals and stay focused on them.
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Successful people know when they’re not in a good place to make a decision and the consequences that might lead to.
Recognize when your ability to make good decisions is vulnerable, such as when you’re in a hurry, prideful, angry, lonely, rejected, inebriated, or tired.
We all make bad decisions, but successful people course correct more quickly.
When successful people have enough evidence that they’ve made a bad decision, they don’t look for more. They fail fast, move on, and then they don’t talk about it again. They also fix fast.
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The freedom of choice is generally perceived to be good, but studies show that too much choice can be a hindrance and can impede the decision.
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