Much of what goes wrong in the world or in business can be blamed on bad decisions. Yes, natural disasters and other events happen that no one can control. But even when those happen, just how well we cope with the aftermath may depend on how carefully we thought things through in advance.Too often, we go on automatic pilot and just plain don’t think about the consequences of our actions. If you’re the parent of a teenager — in fact, if you just follow the news — you already know this. But let’s be honest with ourselves: all of us














