The Lost Art of Thinking #4: Beware of falling in love with your first answer

From Steve Allen's Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking with 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind. (In the book, he goes into great detail and explanation about these rules. I just provide the bare minimum here. I urge everyone to acquire a copy of this book.)

Beware of falling in love with your first answer

All day long, and every day of our lives, we have to make guesses, assumptions, decisions, and conclusions. But it is not necessary to do so immediately in every situation. We do hsve the option of reserving judgement. It's better to exercise that option more often than not.