Making a decision with a courage is better than vacillation
Summary
- Make a decision and move on
Details
- Use courage to make the right decisin
- Don't vacillate or be unsure once the decision has been made
References
Quotes
Inevitably, Marshall cut through with a command: “Gentlemen, don’t fight the problem! Decide it!”
Because while fear wants you to spend the day in deliberation, courage knows that won’t be possible.
The rarest of all the gifts from the Gods, Acheson realized, was the ability to decide. To succeed in life, in foreign policy, in a complicated and messy world, a leader must learn how to make decisions with courage and clarity. No equivocation. No vacillation.
The best time to have tackled a hard problem was a long time ago; the second best time is now.