Principlev1
Design your time allocation decisions before entering the
Design your time allocation decisions before entering the time period, when you are not subject to urgency bias and immediate demands.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from axioms about emotional influence on judgment (Emotional Hijacking of Judgment, Emotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator), dual-process cognition (Cognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems), and immediacy bias (Human attentional systems evolved to prioritize signals with). The principle prescribes temporal separation between planning and execution to avoid the distortions that occur when deciding under pressure.