Paulo Coelho Quotes

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.

You always, I think, debate with yourself about whether or not you made the right decision. And you have to then give the person that you’re working for - in my instance, the president - your best judgment based on your understanding of the facts, but also the calculus you use to make a determination about what’s the best way to go forward.

My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes.

I can't ever remember being struck by lightning when making a big decision. It's always about taking in more and more data points and making tack adjustments as you figure it out. I call customers, suppliers, industry analysts and try to get as much information as possible.

People who are great at making decisions in the face of uncertainty have great judgment.

Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.

The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.

It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear.

The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?'

Each day is a day of decision.

When you're put in a position where you're having to decide, Is this a good decision? Is this the right decision for everybody involved? - it makes me feel a little unsteady, unsure.

Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.

There are a lot of tactical decisions that, if I could have done them over, I would have.

There aren't a lot of situations where I look back and I say, The decision I actually made or the course we actually pursued was the wrong course.

[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.

Almost everything I do when I approach an operational problem comes from the time I've been in space. It's a way of organizing your thoughts. We use problem-solving; what we call "what-if-ing." What if this happened? What would we do? We go over plan B, C, D, E, F, and whatever else, depending on the criticality of what we're doing. This kind of thing can be applied almost everywhere, even at home.

Obviously, a man's judgement cannot be better than the information on which he bases it

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time.

A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.

We have to make the right decisions.

I can assure all Americans that the best decision is going to be made based on all of the information presented to the president.

When you need to make a decision, don't let your emotions vote.