Robert A. Heinlein Quotes on Decision making
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A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.
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Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is - so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group.
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Avoid making irrevocable decisions while tired or hungry. N.B.: Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!
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Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate - and quickly.