For example, deciding whether to accept a new job offer or stay in your current job, or deciding whether to join friends on an unplanned weekend trip when you had planned to catch up on schoolwork. Other decisions have more open timelines, such as deciding whether to go on a diet, clean out the attic, or join a social media platform.

Let’s look at an example of sound judgment to illustrate the concept. Say that two of your team members don’t see eye to eye. What you can do in this situation is to talk to each of them separately to identify the problem. If you consider only one perspective, the other person may feel ignored.