A Perspective on Decision Making

There are three important things to remember about decisions:

First - a decision by itself changes nothing.

Second - at the moment a decision is made, it cannot possibly be known whether it is good or bad.  Decision quality, when measured by results, can only be known as the consequences of the decision become known.  A decision must be implemented for its consequences to become clear.

Third (and most important) more time living with the consequences of our decisions than in making them.  It is likely that the effects of the decision will be with us longer than it took to make the decision, regardless of how much time and effort was invested.