Decisiveness as a skill
You can learn and practice the skill of making firm decisions quickly.
- Minor decisions (what movie to see or restaurant to go to, should be made in thirty seconds to a minute.
- Major decisions should be made in less than five, even if that decision is to do more information gathering so that a decision of action can be made more effectively.
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