(单词翻译:单击)
Reduce your options—After considering all available options, they would narrow the list down to the most obvious choices.
4.排除选择——囊括了所有选择后，他们会缩小选择范围，直到得出最优选择。
Explore the pros and cons of each option—The team then would make a list of the pros and cons of each option. After completing this step, the top two or three options were generally obvious.
5.分析每种分案的利弊——他们随后列出每个方案的优缺点。完成这一步后，最好的两三个选择就会渐渐浮出水面。
Focus on the cons—They would then dissect each con and discuss how they would handle it, if it had to be addressed.
6.关注不利之处——然后他们会剖析每一个缺点，如果非解决不可，他们就讨论该如何解决。
Make the decision—After going through this process with his most valued advisors, President Clinton would make his decision.
7.作出决定——和最优秀的顾问完成这整个过程后，克林顿总统就会作出决定了。
Pastor Hybels then asked President Clinton, “Do you look for consensus among the members of your team in making these types of critical decisions?
海博斯牧师随后问了克林顿总统一个问题：“在做这类关键性决策时，您有没有寻求决策团队内部的意见统一呢？”
What do you think he would said？He said he would always seek consensus among his team. He said, “If I bring together my best people and go through this process, I would like for us to collectively agree on the best solution.”
你猜他会怎么回答？克林顿回答说他总会这么做。他说道：“如果我把我最好的顾问集中在一起，完成整个决策过程，我希望我们会就最好的方案达成一致。”
Since listening to this interview ten years ago and incorporating the decision making process recommended by President Clinton, I have made very few bad decisions. Like many of you, I have been kicked in the teeth enough times to realize the importance of seeking wise counsel and to remove all emotion from my decisions, to plan for the worst case scenario, and then make my decisions based on facts and logic.
自从十年前听了克林顿总统的那次访谈并整理了他推荐的决策过程以来，我做决定很少出错。和你们许多人一样，我此前也是饱受做决定时的折磨，后来才意识到下面这些东西的重要性：有一位明智的顾问；不要带着情绪做决定；做好最坏的打算然后根据事实和逻辑作出决定。
If you have any tips that you have found beneficial in making critical decisions, please share them in the comment section below.
如果你在做关键决定方面有什么有用的技巧，请分享出来，写在下面的评论栏中。
As I wrap up this three-day series on decisions, remember, your life is a reflection of all your decisions. You can improve your life by improving your decisions.
在此对这三天关于做决定的讨论做一个总结：记住，你的所有决定都会影响你的生活。你可以通过提高决策技巧来改善生活。
