by Andy StroteI had a mental mash-up reading Seth Godin’s post on the The Problem with Positive Thinking. Seth posits that it’s often easier to think negatively despite the proof that thinking positively has been proven to deliver superior results. Negative thinking feels “more realistic”. Yet people want to do something, which tends to be positive.
So now it’s decision time. You can decide yes or no. Or, you can let it hang in mid-air and not make any decision. Put it off. Wait until you get more information. Do some research, ponder a bit more. Hope that somebody else comes up with an answer.
That lead me to think of my old boss for about 6 months, Ronald Brisebois, President and CEO of Cognicase.
He prided himself in making decisions. Quickly. Mostly yes, sometimes no, but quickly. That, he claimed, was the secret to his success. Analyze a situation with the best information at hand, and decide. No hemming and hawing, no procrastination, Brisebois moved forward. If he made a mistake, he recovered as quickly as possible and moved on.
So, decide, take action. Get on with it.
To mash this up one more time and quote Anthony Robbins, “Say YES!”
