Don't Be Your Own Worst Advisor

• "The competition is grossly inferior."
• "They are just trying to pull one over on us."
• "They won't care if we miss the deadline."
• "Only an idiot would refuse to select our proposal."
• "We considered all possible options."
• "Who pays attention to grammar?
• "I'm sure they coordinated with one another."
• "There's no need to check the numbers."
• "They'd never go with a foreign firm."
• "That law firm must not be very good. I've never heard of them."
• "Why hire a maverick?"
• "Just do whatever is needed to make the problem go away."
• "This is a sensitive issue and should be decided quickly."
• "The market always comes back."
• "We just need to do more of what we've been doing."