Quotes About Decision-making

Many women feel it is natural to consult with their partners at every turn, while many men automatically make more decisions without consulting their partners. This may reflect a broad difference in conceptions of decision making. Women expect decisions to be discussed first and made by consensus. They appreciate the discussion itself as evidence of involvement and communication.

There are all kinds of ways to be in the world. And no matter what has happened to us, or what we have been told, or what we have believed, we get to choose our way.

I wasn't vegetarian yet -- I was young and my conscience still under construction. (Kelly Johnson)

Replace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking. Every time you're making a choice, ask yourself if it's going to cultivate the experience of unity and love or the experience of separation and stress.

At the moment you consciously make a choice, pay attention to your body and ask your body, "If I make this choice, what happens?" If your body sends a message of comfort, that's the right choice. If your body sends a message of discomfort, then it's not the appropriate choice.

Whenever you make a choice, ask yourself two questions: "What are the consequences of this choice?" and "Will this choice bring happiness to me and to those who are affected by this choice?

Ask your heart for guidance, and be guided by its message of comfort or discomfort. If the choice feels comfortable, go ahead with that choice. If the choice feels uncomfortable, then don't make that choice.

karma implies the action of conscious choice-making.

A recognition of the impossibility of exact perfection lay behind the work of a few economists, such as Herbert Simon's satisficing, Ronald Coase's transaction costs, George Shackle's and Israel Kirzner's reaffirmation of the old Yogi Berra jest: it's hard to predict, especially about the future.

Have you ever stopped to consider the number of choices you make daily Paradoxically speaking, every time you have a choice to make and you don't make it, by default, you are making a choice not to make a choice, which is, of course, a choice. You have no choice in the matter. This is an important question because the more conscious you are about your choices, the more likely it is you will end up where you want to be at the end of your stay on this planet.

we must be open to the fact that in regard to some ethical judgments, our focus will be more on the wise, judicious course of action than on the absolute right course of action.

Lo más inteligente es no tomar decisiones precipitadas y negativas cuando las circunstancias están en desacuerdo, y te encuentras a nadar contra la corriente. Tomar decisiones negativas en medio negatividad es tan tonto como la tala de árboles durante la temporada de invierno severo y fuertes tormentas. El tiempo se mueve con rapidez, y hasta brota la temporada de primavera. ten paciencia! La paciencia es la virtud más grande, sobre todo en no tan buenas situaciones.

There is a growing moral view that patients should take charge of their own ends now that more sophisticated means of suicide – as described in this book – are available.

Skulduggery shrugged. "When in doubt, wear a hat, that's what I always say.

When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently.

Freedom of choice is meaningless without knowledge. That's why it's crucial we all get engaged and get informed.

You can seek advice, learn about the options and make choices that are right for you. Knowledge is power.

Nothing chastens a planner more than the knowledge that he will have to carry out the plan.

The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.

Abstract knowledge is not enough. At the end of the day, it's about how one reacts to circumstances in an extreme real-time situation.

Understand yourself, accept yourself, but do not be yourself.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.