4. Have enough information.
Go and get the facts before you make a complex decision. By all means weigh up the pro’s and con’s so that you can get an understanding of what’s behind a choice. But be careful – there’s a huge difference between knowing enough to make a choice, and knowing everything to make a choice.
When you feel yourself pursuing every fact or every piece of information before you make a decision, stop yourself. Ask “What do I really need to know to make this decision?” and focus your efforts on getting the best information relatively quickly, rather than pursuing all of the information you could get your hands on given a longer period of time.
4.盡可能多地搜集信息
在你需要做一個(gè)復(fù)雜的決定前先去搜集足夠的數(shù)據(jù)。務(wù)必在所有支持和反對(duì)的兩面加以權(quán)衡,使你能清晰地了解選擇背后的分量。但是請(qǐng)小心,對(duì)某事足夠了解而做出決定和對(duì)某事完全了解而做出決定,兩者具有很大的不同。
當(dāng)你感覺你在試圖尋找每一點(diǎn)事實(shí)或逐一排查信息來作出你的選擇時(shí),請(qǐng)暫停。問一下自己“要作出這個(gè)選擇我真正需要知道的是什么?”相對(duì)于逐一地搜尋所有的信息,迅速且集中地找一些相對(duì)而言比較重要的數(shù)據(jù)將會(huì)省下很多時(shí)間。