If someone’s rushing you to decide, that’s information. A good deal usually survives a night’s sleep.

Urgency is a tool, and it is used most often by people whose offer gets worse the longer you look at it. Pressure is there to stop you from checking. Notice that the rush is a feature of how the thing is being sold to you rather than a fact about the thing itself. Real opportunities have a shape that holds still.

When you feel hurried, say out loud that you want to sleep on it and watch what happens. The pushback tells you more than the pitch did. If it is genuinely time-sensitive, ask exactly why, and see whether the reason makes sense in plain words.