Quotes About Decision-making

It's probably true that you're forging your own character during every minute of every day, with every decision you make, but there are some moments in which this is more clear than in others.

Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, ìwhat is the most valuable use of my time right now?

Traditional managers worry about how to get things done, while leaders worry about what things get done…(and trust their team to figure out how to do it).

I ended up learning so many things from my aunt. And one of those things was to always wait three seconds before responding to anything that might be important. This was why she so often adjusted her glasses. To buy her those three seconds. So that she'd make sure to take the time to decide whether the first thing she'd wanted to say was the right thing.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

People really don't want such a direct encounter with God because then they have no excuse if they disobey Him. God's laws are so black-and-white. We'd rather be free to choose if we will follow Him in any given situation.

The world of politics is dictated by rules.

Every type of politics could be addressed from the point of view of leaders trying to survive.

It's always better for a ruler to determine who eats than it is to have a larger pie from which the people can feed themselves.

En política, llegar al poder nunca tiene que ver con hacer lo correcto. Siempre tiene que ver con hacer lo que conviene.

Debemos dejar que lo niños tomen decisiones y se equivoquen, y cuando tomen las decisiones estúpidas y con poca visión de futuro que son fruto de la falta de experiencia, debemos dejar que sufran las consecuencias.

El alcohol desinhibe, reduce el autocontrol e incrementa la impulsividad.

Qué es lo que le permite a alguien tomar la decisión correcta, incluso a pesar de que no se le hayan ofrecido las oportunidades necesarias para su óptimo desarrollo?

tendemos a preferir la "certeza de la miseria a la miseria de la incertidumbre".

La capacidad de imaginarse escenarios alternativos también puede ayudar a aumentar el control de impulsos.

For many organizations, security comes down to basic economics. If the cost of security is less than the likely cost of losses due to lack of security, security wins. If the cost of security is more than the likely cost of losses, accept the losses.

turn over the reins to the board of directors.

Irrationality in politics is not a puzzle. It is precisely what an economic theory of irrationality predicts.

Don't make rash decisions while the world is dark. Wait for the light to make all things clear.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.

Now I'm not a Nazi, I've never said the Führer is a thousand percent right. But he's a winner, damn it all. He gets things done, like Roosevelt. And you want us to get rid of him?

By keeping back the twenty-five squadrons from the lost Battle of France, he acted toughly, wisely, and ungallantly; and he turned the war to the course that ended five long years later, when Hitler killed himself and Nazi Germany fell apart. This deed put Winston Churchill in the company of the rare saviors of countries, and perhaps of civilizations.

Here's my win, born out of the bumps and bruises of sibling conflict: If you have two kids, assign one even, the other odd. Then whenever there's a question of who gets the "advantage," it's decided by what day it is. Who gets their pick of car seat? Odd kid, because today's the third. Who gets the last hug at drop-off? Even kid, because today's the sixteenth.