Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have read more

Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.

Business leaders often get credit for the successful decisions that were forced on them.

Business leaders often get credit for the successful decisions that were forced on them.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means read more

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he read more

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.