Name what would make you reconsider before pride becomes attached to the choice.

A decision starts as a judgment and slowly becomes an identity. Once you have defended it out loud, evidence against it begins to feel like evidence against you, and you find yourself arguing rather than looking. The window for honesty is early, before your standing rests on the answer.

Whenever you commit to something significant, write down in advance what result would change your mind. Keep it somewhere you will see it, and when that result appears, treat it as an agreement you made with yourself rather than a defeat.