# Barack Obama shares his approach for making tough decisions | Medium

<https://barackobama.medium.com/how-i-approach-the-toughest-decisions-dc1b165cdf2d>

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## What Jamie wrote

We certainly aren't dealing with issues as big as the President but every leader can relate to this.

> The black-and-white questions never made it to me — somebody else on my staff would have already answered them.

I like this process for working through complex problems.

> So rather than let myself get paralyzed in the quest for a perfect solution, or succumb to the temptation to just go with my gut every time, I created a sound decision-making process — one where I really listened to the experts, followed the facts, considered my goals and weighed all of that against my principles. Then, no matter how things turned out, I would at least know I had done my level best with the information in front of me.

Having a good process for working through complex problems that have no right or wrong answer is something all leaders, at all levels, need to develop to some extent.

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