Politics Barack Obama: "Any president should avoid TV/social media when making decisions; Clouds judgement."

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If you're the president of the United States, Barack Obama has two important tips to help make good decisions.

The former US president spoke about his decision-making process on Wednesday at an event in San Francisco organized by the data-analysis company Splunk.

First, Obama said, you should "make sure you have a team with a diversity of opinion sitting around you."

"The other thing that's helpful is not watching TV or reading social media," he said. "Those are two things I would advise, if you're our president, not to do. It creates a lot of noise and clouds your judgment."

Obama spoke about entering office during the Great Recession and told attendees it's been said that the presidency is like "drinking out of a fire hose."

"That's doubly true when you're in the middle of a crisis," Obama said.

A president can't absorb all the information on their own when making a decision, so it's important to have teams to provide information and context about the problem, he said.

 
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