Decision Quotes - Page 2

• Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Life, Leadership, Fall

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• Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.

  Seth Godin

  Get Better, Way

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• Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Inspirational, Success, Thinking

  Malcolm Gladwell (2007). “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”, p.77, Hachette UK

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• In not making the decision, you've made one. Not doing something is the same as doing it.

  Iwan Bloch

  Choices, Made

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• A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

  Plato

  Wisdom, Plato, Business

  Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.83

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• If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

  Edward Everett Hale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Planning

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• Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.

  Abraham Zaleznik

  Mean, Doors, Issues

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• The better you think , the better decisions you make . the better decisions you make , the better actions you take . the better actions you take , the better results you get

  Brian Tracy

  Thinking, Decisions You Make, Action

  Brian Tracy (2010). “How the Best Leaders Lead: Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others”, p.82, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Decisions You Make, Making Choices

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• Decisions are the endless uncertainties of life that we'll not know if they're right until the very end, so do the best you can and hope its right.

  Lily Collins

  Uncertainty Of Life, Ends, Endless

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.

  Phil Crosby

  Mistake, Wrong Decision

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• Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.

  Mike Murdock

  Leadership, Leader, Desire

  FaceBook post by Dr. Mike Murdock from Oct 15, 2013

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• When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.

  William James

  Responsibility, Order, Care

  William James (2008). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.167, Nuvision Pubns

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• I also remember the moment my life changed, the moment I finally said, "I've had it!" I know I'm much more than I'm demonstrating mentally, emotionally, and physically in my life. I made a decision in that moment which was to alter my life forever. I decided to change virtually every aspect of my life. I decided I would never again settle for less that I can be.

  Tony Robbins

  Life, Forever, Action

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• Pour the bulk of your time into action, not deciding. The state of indecision is a major time waster. Don't spend more than 60 seconds in that state if you can avoid it. Make a firm, immediate decision, and move from uncertainty to certainty to action. Let the world tell you when you're wrong, and you'll soon build enough experience to make accurate, intelligent decisions.

  Steve Pavlina

  Moving, Intelligent, World

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• Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you.

  Peter Drucker

  Lynching, Choices, Facts

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• Decisions, particularly important ones, have always made me sleepy, perhaps because I know that I will have to make them by instinct, and thinking things out is only what other people tell me I should do.

  Lillian Hellman

  Thinking, People, Important

  Lillian Hellman (1974). “Pentimento”

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• Every great decision creates ripples. Like a huge boulder dropping in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.

  Sylvester McCoy

  Lakes, Boulders, Way

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• If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.

  Garry Kasparov

  Country, Fighting, Ifs

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• Decision making is the specific executive task.

  Peter Drucker

  Tasks, Decision Making, Executives

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• I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

  Barber Conable

  Thinking, High Heels, Way

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• The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky

  Power, Thinking, Needs

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• The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart.

  Henry Cisneros

  Heart, Hurricanes, Has Beens

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• Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.

  Solange Knowles

  Giving, Explanation, Persons

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet!

  Julian Lennon

  Records, Starting, Company

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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