Karen Bardsley Quotes

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

You can't second-guess baseball. You can't second-guess yourself.

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

My mum always reminds me to trust my instincts. If a project doesn't feel right and doesn't excite me, it's likely it won't help me to get to where I want to be.

Football doesn't hold back for anyone. There's no waiting around. If you don't take your chances they will soon pass you by. You have to be mature and take it one step at a time.

I know my talents well - I know my head well - so when I go onto the pitch, I know perfectly what I have to do.

You either back your instincts or you hold off - and you're more likely to back your instincts if you're confident.

Leaders have to be intensely aware and be bold and flexible enough to adjust course ahead of impending changes.

For me, it's just staying myself, trusting the process, trusting the game, just going through my reads at the end of the day.

I'm so much better off when I trust my instincts. But they're not perfect.

Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It's your move.

I love the process of working with people and having things going on, all the time, and just trying to trust your instincts.

I engage and after that I see what to do.

Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.

I think it's important to know what you're going to do with the ball before it comes to you. So you're always thinking before hand and when the ball comes to you to can make the pass straight away.

The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations.

When I'm in the game [softball], it's not so much mechanics. It's more of just trusting my teammates, trusting myself, trusting my preparation that we've put in to get there. When you're in the game, it's go-mode. There's going to be times when you're tweaking things but when you're in that game mode, you just want to think about that one next pitch.

That's one of my greatest strengths. I'm a Scorpio rising - we're very decisive. I'm very good at cutting things off that don't feel right.

Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.

I have never had a problem dealing in areas of ambiguity. I can make a decision and not have it all lined up just right.