There’s a rule in decision-making that is paramount to your success. It goes like this: No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. You compound the problem by making another bad decision, and then another one still. This happens because we feel pressure to make things better, and then we move too quickly before thinking matters through. It also happens because we forget this rule! Whatever has happened, no matter how terrible the situation looks, the situation will always be worsened by making a second bad decision.