If you do not need to make this decision…

If you do not need to make this decision now then the best action to take is to not make a decision. It is important not to view in action or not making a decision as being something bad. It is something smart. Sometimes action without knowledge can be a disaster. If you are trying to disarm a bomb and you have two choices, if you disarm the wrong one you can blow everybody up. So if you have time (probably not something that would be accurate in the bomb disarming case), The best thing to do is to get the knowledge that you require to make the best decision. Once you have gathered all the knowledge that you need or that you can get to make a better decision, it is better to allow your brain to process this information for a little bit before you actually make the decision. However it is critical to avoid analysis paralysis which will stop you from making the decision.

— from Time

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Keep a "no" list, and protect it. Write down, in advance, the standing requests and commitments you will decline by default, so the wrong headings are refused before they ever reach you — the pilot who can say no is the one who arrives where he meant to. And when a decision does not truly need to be made today, do not make it today; leaving room is itself a use of time. Stop sharpening forever and fly. Yes, prepare — give me six hours to fell a tree and I will spend four sharpening the axe — but learn the difference between sharpening and stalling. — Time

If you truly must decide now — the bomb is ticking — then trust the trained intuition you have built and act. But if you do not have to decide now, then the smartest move is usually not to decide yet: gather the knowledge you need, and let your mind work on it for a while before you commit. Two warnings ride alongside that. — Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)

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