The fail-first principle [1] is a time-honored heuristic to improve the performance of problem resolution that involves some amount of decision making.

先失败原则 [1] 是一个确立已久的探试方法，用于提高涉及一些决策制定的问题解决方案的性能。

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Past research has shown that being faced with negative stereotypes about one's group can hamper intellectual performance, and Carr and Steele reasoned it could also affect financial decision making.

过去的研究表明面对不正确成见的一组人会有有碍智力表现。Carr and Steele推理这也可以对做金融决定有影响。

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Note: It is all about trade-offs. Sometimes you must trade functionality or performance to gain space. You should always study the alternative before making a decision.

注意： 这完全是关于代价和平衡的问题。有时你必须付出功能或性能的代价来交换空间。在作出决定前，你应当研究各种备选方案。

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They found that those who experienced the most intense feelings achieved higher performance with their decision making.

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While achieving speeds of near 600Mbps sounds mighty tempting, you'd probably be better off avoiding any device that promises to deliver such performance until this decision-making bottleneck clears up -- unless, of course, you just like playing the odds.

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Additionally, women leaders are more likely than their male peers to demonstrate types of leadership behavior that improve corporate organizational performance, including participative decision-making, role modeling, inspiration, expectations and rewards, and mentoring (p. 7).

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