Quotes About Decision-making

Instead of "I think we should do A, not B," try "What if we did A, instead of B?" That allows people to offer comments rather than defend one choice.

People used to making decisions sometimes like it when they're told what to do.

Raymond Tullock is like most men. His balls tell hiim he should be in charge, but his brain's just not big enough to steer the load.

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you.

If a corporation has two executives who think alike, one of them is unnecessary" Reply to a student at a management seminar 1973 when asked if all his managers were required to share his conservative view. (Quoted in John F. Love's book "McDonald's behind the golden arches", p87)

Work by physiology professor Benjamin Libet at the University of California at Davis shows that neural activity to initiate an action actually occurs about a third of a second before the brain has made the decision to take the action.

a compaixão é frequentemente a pior das conselheiras políticas

You worked with what you had, you did what you could, and you made choices based on need.

I don't take very calculated decisions. I just follow my heart.

In the morning, I look at my calendar and think about whether things that aren't critical can be moved to the next week.

I have this thing I used to say at home and in the office: If somebody is calling, unless it's somebody who can fire me, I'll call them back later.

Donald calls me and asks me what I think. Very often I will answer him, but Donald Trump is his own adviser. He is his own campaign manager.

All elections are about choices, and good campaigns will make those choices clear.

You can't be the candidate and the campaign manager.

As a guy that had been told to drop out many times as I was coming up, I don't think you should tell any candidate about what they should do and what decisions they should make.

I used to say no to almost everything because I thought, 'I've got enough dough, I know what I want to do, and I know what I'm capable of.'

I've found that eliminating not-so-important choices really frees up my mental capacity to think about the important ones.

I made it pretty clear that if I'm captain, the best team has to play.

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

It's always the captain's team and it is the leader who calls the shots.

As a captain I think tactically I've been quite good.

I fire very little because I try to be very careful when I select people. If you know how to select, you don't fire often.

I study these bills. I read them carefully. If it makes sense, I'll sign on them. If not, I don't.