Arizona (17-3, 8-10) had one of the toughest schedules in the country, and then dealt with the distracting decision by Coach Lute Olson in November to take an indefinite leave of absence.
The writers made a pointless and distracting decision to put Denis O'Hare's Judge Abernathy in an emotional state over the Occupy protests going on nearby, and the ending — contrasting the rescue of an American protester with the disappearance of a Syrian fixer working for Lockhart Gardner — was pat and not quite up to the show's standards.
Furthermore, all-things-considered conclusions may distract decision-makers, given that different weightings of values and different contexts could yield different conclusions.
"That decision distracted management for the better part of a year," says Magelli. "Our investors had too much control over choices at the company, but when you're out looking for money, you don't have many choices".
When you're facing a stream of important decisions, a great trick is to wake up early and work on your most complicated tasks before you get hit with a bunch of distracting minor decisions (phones ringing, e-mails coming in).
When made to choose, those that were not distracted made superior decisions.
In the case of Iraq, fears of what was presumed to be hidden distracted analysts and decision-makers from the facts on the ground.
When he is pitching badly, as he was tonight, Pettitte will seem distracted by the decisions he must make, like a tourist debating which way to turn at an intersection.
Leave the nice-to-have qualities aside, or you might get distracted and make a decision based on unimportant factors.
Researchers say there is another reason to question the benefits of working behind the wheel: a growing body of research shows that splitting attention between activities like working and driving often leads to distracted conversations and bad decisions.
