Used to decide things immediately. Client asks for a scope change? Answer on the call. Team suggests a new process? Decide in the meeting. Vendor offers a deal? Accept or decline same day.
Fast decisions felt efficient. Most of them were mediocre because I was reacting instead of thinking.
New rule: any decision that doesn't require an immediate answer gets 48 hours. "Great question. Let me think about it and get back to you Thursday."
Nobody has ever been bothered by the delay. Most people respect it. The decisions I make after 48 hours are consistently better than the ones I used to make in 48 seconds.
The ones that survive 48 hours of thinking were right. The ones that feel wrong after sleeping on it were wrong. The delay is a filter that costs nothing and catches bad calls before they become expensive.