Quotes About Decision-making

Is it better to invest time in making a big masterful plan or instead to start immediately and figure it out as you go?

Being a good lead is all about switching hats: knowing which level of abstraction to work at to solve a problem. It's rarely a question of intelligence; instead, it's picking the right perspective to use on a particular challenge.

Just as there is an advice paradox, there is a data paradox: no matter how much data you have, you still depend on your intuition for deciding how to interpret and then apply the data.

Politics is a kind of problem solving. No matter what organizational challenge you face, and how frustrating it might be, it's just another kind of problem to solve.

All projects are a dance between two forces, expanding to consider more ideas and shrinking to narrow things down enough to finish.

When taking actions, wise people apply multiple models like a doctor's set of diagnostic tests. They use models to rule out some actions and privilege others. Wise people and teams construct a dialogue across models, exploring their overlaps and differences.

Anything that will keep you from your own ability to be successful is sabotage—procrastinating, drinking too much, not eating healthfully, showing up late, phoning it in, even just ignoring the instruction of your coach (or boss or teacher). This is all self-sabotage. When will you stop making decisions that are bad for you? When you decide you're ready to win.

You've reached that certain age where many boys seem to just sort of fold up their better judgment and set it aside for a few years.

If you're not careful, you can reach a point where you've made choices without thinking. Without planning. You can end up not living the life you'd meant to. Maybe one you deserve, but not one you intended." Here he wagged his finger again. "Make sure you think," he said. "Make sure you plan.

From the time I was 16 and I had my own checking account, you'd think most young women would run out and buy clothes. No, I ran out and got myself a psychiatrist!

I understand very well that politicians always have to bridge the gap until the next election, even if long-term dangers increase as a result. But as an economist, my time horizon is longer.

That's the number one thing I hear about humans. You have all these choices, so you're confused all the time, and you think so much that you're never happy.

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 911, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option.

I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.

So many boys, so little time.

Never make a personnel judgment the first time it comes up.

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.

I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call.

You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones

I always take my time when picking out outfits at home, but I will say I can change pretty quick when I'm in a hurry.

Humans are wired to feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and contingency, and so we gravitate to a position after a short time even if we have no new information.

One thing the passage of time has shown me is that you never know how you'll behave in a situation until you're in that situation yourself.