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The Fine Art of Opportunism — Ribbonfarm

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There are four major approaches to decision-making: deliberative, reactive, procedural and opportunistic. The first three are well-understood. Academics study…

There are four major approaches to decision-making: deliberative, reactive, procedural and opportunistic. The first three are well-understood. Academics study them, business and military leaders practice them, self-improvement gurus teach them and hippies protest them. Ordinary people understand them in common-sense ways. Opportunism though, is both the least-understood and highest-impact approach to decision-making. Here is my immodest 101. Discuss with vgr_zirp → An Example Let's say you run out of coffee one fine morning. "Damn!" you say as you hurry out the door, bleary-eyed. "I need to ge

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