Learning must come before deciding. Your brain stores different types of learning in your subconscious, your rote memory bank, and your habits. But no matter how you acquire your knowledge or where you store it, what's most important is that what you know paints a true and rich picture of the realities that will affect your decision.** That's why it always pays to be radically open-minded and seek out believable others as you do your learning. **Many people have emotional trouble doing this and block the learning that could help them make better decisions. Remind yourself that it's never harmful to at least hear an opposing point of view.
Deciding is the process of choosing which knowledge should be drawn upon—— both the facts of this particular "what is " and your broader understanding of the cause-effect machinery that underlies it —— and then weighting them to determine a course of action, the "what to do about it." This involves playing different scenarios through time to visualize how to get an outcome consistent with what you want. To do this well, you need to wight first-order consequences against second-? and third-order consequences , and base your decisions not just on near-term results but on results over time.
rote：死记硬背n.
radically:激进的
scenario：方案[səˈnɛrioʊ]
consistent ：一致的
做决定之前一定要学习。你的大脑把知识储存在潜意识、知识库、你的习惯里。不论你如何获取或者存储，最主要的是，你要知道你想象出来的丰富的真实的画面会影响你决定。所以这就是为什么我们一定要保持季度开放的思想并且去寻找可信的别人的观念作为你学习和行动的。很多人不愿意这样做，并且不再愿意学习，但这本可以帮助他们做更好的决定。
做决定就是一个选择哪个知识可以被提取然后衡量他们这样一个行动过程。即，我们怎么做。我们提取的知识不仅仅是“这是什么”的事实，还有附带的关于因果的理解。这个过程包括了进行不同的方案通过把你想的可能会发生的结果进行可视化的想象。要把这个做好，你需要首先衡量自己的第一个，第二个，第三个结论，并且根据长远而非近期结果来做决定。
