Quotes About Decision-making

It slowly dawned on me that it's possible for the wise men who run your life for you to see disaster coming and not have a plan for dealing with it; because they know what needs to be done but there are vested interests in the way, or they can't figure out the politics, or they think it'll be horrendously unpopular, or it'll cost too much money,

A voice in my head said, can't be helped. Why do I listen to those voices? Common sense dictates that any voice you hear inside your head must be just you, thinking; so, if you know it's just you and you know you're basically an idiot, what possesses you to do what the stupid voice tells you?

The secret to following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

president was "a simple man, prone to make up his mind quickly and decisively, perhaps too quickly—a thorough American." This was not a great president, "not distinguished at all . . . not Lincolnesque, but an instinctive, common, hearty-natured man.

After receiving his first briefing on nuclear weapons in September 1953, Khrushchev later recalled, "I couldn't sleep for several days. Then I became convinced that we could never possibly use these weapons.

Someday daughters will be trained just as sons by their parents to assume leadership positions. There are the exceptions today where a daughter assumes leadership over a state or corporation, but those are still exceptions today. A shame since women have overtaken men in being the dominant consumers and decision makers in the family. - Strong by Kailin Gow on Raising a Strong Woman Leader

What's the point in weighing up consequences if it means you end up doing something you know isn't right? ", Celestra Caine in FADE by Kailin Gow

When has any part of this ever been safe? "Let's just get on with it.", FADE by Kailin Gow

Managers get interviewed for jobs, but I think it should be the managers who are interviewing the chairman.

Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling.

Many ideas happen to us. We have intuition, we have feeling, we have emotion, all of that happens, we don't decide to do it. We don't control it.

Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.

I've learned to separate my fears from my intuition and, at times, to follow my intuition through the fear.

The process of shooting - of choosing shots - is intuitive for me, and I just feel my way towards what seems right.

I have always been intuitive as far as work is concerned and would continue to select projects based on my gut feel.

What I invest in, while not risky for me, may be too risky for most people.

I can't tell you the amount we plan to invest in new acquisitions because that will depend on the opportunities that become available to us.

As a showrunner, you can never be a 'maybe.' When I do movies, there is a lot of, 'Maybe' and, 'Let's investigate that.' But for TV, it has to be yes or no.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.

It has to be understood, it has to be measured, and the investment needs to make sense, but debt on its face is not a bad thing.

I used to not talk much to anyone about my investments.

My parents manage my money, though growing up I was very hands on with investments and made all the decisions, even on behalf of my parents.

The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees.