Decision Making Quotes

"Day 2 companies make high-quality decisions, but they make high-quality decisions slowly. To keep the energy and dynamism of Day 1, you have to somehow make high-quality, high-velocity decisions." "One common pitfall for large organizations – one that hurts speed and inventiveness – is 'one-size-fits-all' decision making...The end result of this is slowness, unthoughtful risk aversion, failure to experiment sufficiently, and consequently diminished i" "If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table." "People who are right a lot listen a lot, and they change their mind a lot. People who are right a lot change their mind without a lot of new data. They wake up and reanalyze things and change their mind. If you don’t change your mind frequently, you’re goi" "Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard." "If I have three good decisions a day, that’s enough. They should just be as high quality as I can make them." "Everything you do and every decision you make should be from a place of good. You should always be striving to make the world a better place." "Every day of your life, you have the opportunity to mold your destiny by virtue of the actions you choose to take." "You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers." "Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry." "True leadership is not about being popular, but about making the tough decisions for the greater good." "Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand." "Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing" "In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield" "The best decisions aren’t made with your mind but with your instinct" "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" "What reason weaves by passion is undone" "Do what you feel in your heart to be right for you’ll be criticized anyway" "The absence of alternatives clears the mind amazingly" "You get to a point where you have to decide how you want to live your life. I made a decision that I wanted to live my life in a way that would honor my son and my wife."