I agree with you, Coberst.

Boil it all down to "Look before you leap" if you like.

Consider your actions, your thoughts, your motivations, and then consider the impact that what you plan to do and say next will have on others.

Weigh options. Consider critically. THEN act.
I do this as much as I can.

For common, everyday decisions, it really only adds a moment of extra time to do so, a moment that I find is generally very well-spent.

Of course, one can take this to extremes, and be paralyzed into inaction.

To sum up, the unexamined life is not worth living, but too much processing makes Velveeta.