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<v Speaker 1>Because finally, as I pointed out, you do not know

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<v Speaker 1>where your decisions come from. They pop up like hiccups,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you make a decision, people have a great

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<v Speaker 1>deal of anxiety about making decisions. There's this guy who

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<v Speaker 1>farmer who ordered a help man to come in and

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<v Speaker 1>foundly he was an extraordinarily efficient worker. Because the first

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<v Speaker 1>day he put him on sawing logs, and he saw

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<v Speaker 1>more logs than anybody had ever saw. It was fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>But they were all done in one day. So the

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<v Speaker 1>next day put him onto mending fences, and there are

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of broken fences around the farm, and in

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<v Speaker 1>one day he had the whole thing done. So he thought,

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<v Speaker 1>what am I going to do with this guy? So

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<v Speaker 1>he took him down into a basement and said, look here,

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<v Speaker 1>all are all the potatoes that have come in from

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<v Speaker 1>this harvest, and I want you to sort them into

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<v Speaker 1>three groups, those that we sell, those that we use

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<v Speaker 1>for seeding, and those that we throw away. So he

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<v Speaker 1>left him at that. At the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>the laborer came back and said, well that's enough, mister,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll quit. Oh, he said, you can't quit. I've never

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<v Speaker 1>had such an excellent word I'll raise your salary. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>do anything to keep you around it. Ah, I said, no,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, mending fences and chopping wood. But this potato

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<v Speaker 1>business is decision after decision after decision. So when we decide,

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<v Speaker 1>we're always worrying did I think this over long enough?

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<v Speaker 1>Did I take enough data into consideration? And if you

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<v Speaker 1>think it through, you find you never could take enough

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<v Speaker 1>data into consideration. The data for a decision in any

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<v Speaker 1>given situation is infinite. So what you do is you

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<v Speaker 1>go through the motions of thinking out what you will

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<v Speaker 1>do about this, and then when the time comes to act,

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<v Speaker 1>you make a snap judgment. I mean, I'm speaking a

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<v Speaker 1>little extremely, making some fun of it and so on,

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<v Speaker 1>because after all, we do occasionally get the vague outlines

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<v Speaker 1>of things and make a right decision on rational grounds,

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<v Speaker 1>but we fortunately forget the variables that could have interfered

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<v Speaker 1>with this coming out right. It's amazing how often it works.

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<v Speaker 1>But warriors are people who think of all the variables

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<v Speaker 1>beyond their control and what might happen. So then when

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<v Speaker 1>you make a decision and it works out all right,

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<v Speaker 1>I think very little of it has much to do

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<v Speaker 1>with your conscious intent and control