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My favorite Peanuts character, Charlie Brown, is on the pitcher's mound psyching himself up: "It's the last of the ninth. The bases are loaded. there are two outs, and the count is three and two on the batter. If I get him out, we win!" At this point, Charlie is surrounded by his friends and teammates who are shouting, "Throw him a fastball! Throw him a curve!" And so on. All alone on the pitcher's mound, Charlie thinks to himself, "The world is filled with people who are anxious to serve in an advisory capacity."

Decision making is jungle warfare at its worst. Choose well, and you are a hero. Make a bad choice, and your career could be over. Sometimes the choices are so dicey, the options all look alike. Or as Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

After you've done all your homework, when making decisions, I've found that you have to trust your gut. Deep down, your gut is likely to know what's right. Keep track of what instinct tells you to do. It's amazing how often expert advice sides with your gut.

Psychologist Joyce Brothers advises, "Trust your hunches...They are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."

Mackay's Moral: Don't be afraid to make a decision. Be afraid not to make a decision.

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