“Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” – Malcolm Gladwell, journalist, public speaker, and author of “Outliers: The Story of Success” and “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking.” Cambridge English Dictionary defines decisiveness...
If you’re familiar with the Enneagram, I am a “1 wing 9, reformer (perfectionist)/peacemaker.” I have a tendency to believe that every decision should have a perfect outcome that makes everyone happy. Early in the pandemic, I began to recognize that when faced with a choice where I didn’t like...
The character trait for this month is Decisiveness. The irony is that as I was studying the topic of decision-making and preparing these remarks I certainly felt indecisive as I tried to determine what to include or exclude. Decisiveness is defined by the Cambridge and Oxford Dictionaries as the...
A friend once told me that anytime her and her husband drove by someone who was homeless he would make the statement, “one bad decision and that could be me.” This statement has always stuck with me, but I think due to the amount of caring family I have, it is really hard for me to truly relate...
A decision is a choice. In the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, sometimes, making a choice isn’t the most difficult activity. Sticking to the choice is. Our trait for this month is decisiveness. We want to be people who can make a decision. A friend once told me I needed to decide...
