The problem with psychology is that everybody’s is different. With that as a caveat, over the years I developed a few techniques for dealing with myself. I hope you find them useful, too. Make some friends. Although it’s nearly impossible to get high-quality advice on the tough decisions that you make, it is extremely useful from a psychological perspective to talk to people who have been through similarly challenging decisions. Get it out of your head and onto paper. When I had to explain to my board that, since we were a public company, I thought that it would be best if we sold all of our
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