Trusting Our Gut
Too much analysis can be bad for our career. Perfection can never be achieved, so it is great to give a go-ahead to decisions with 80 percent confidence.
Things are good when they are good enough, and we can save on opportunity costs by utilizing energy elsewhere.
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