Decision Making Quotes

"The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition."

"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion."

"Done is better than perfect."

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response."

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

"What makes a decision great is not that it has a great outcome. A great decision is the result of a good process."

"Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not."

"Invert, always invert: Turn a situation or problem upside down. Look at it backward."

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

"There are no silver bullets for this, only lead bullets."

"Always say less than necessary."

"If you can't decide, the answer is no."

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

"Pain + Reflection = Progress."

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

"A bad plan is better than no plan."

"I define fear-setting as visualizing your fears in detail... usually, what we most fear doing is what we most need to do."

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."

"Use the formula P=40 to 70... if you have less than 40 percent of the information, you’re likely to be wrong. But if you wait until you have 70 percent, you’ve waited too long."

"There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs."

"Amateurs have a goal. Professionals have a process."

"Decisions are generated by the process of argument and debate."

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

"Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress."

"I think it’s important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy."

"If I have three good decisions a day, that’s enough. They should just be as high quality as I can make them."

"You have to get comfortable with the fact that you’re never going to have 100 percent of the information."

"Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry."

"Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you."

"It is much easier to sell 'Look what I did for you' than 'Look what I avoided for you'."