“There's a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there's a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.” PeopleIfsWantMayMeanChoicesIndividualDecisionCasesSacrificeSonMastersCraftsHanging OutInherentGreat FriendNephewFamily TimeHanging Out With Friends Author:Kobe Bryant
“My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.” StatesJobsGoalLinesDecisionLevelsCasesToughResourcesSpendingDo The BestGoverningBest JobWisconsinTough DecisionsWisconsin WeatherMaking Tough Decisions Author:Scott McCallum
“General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major premise.” DecisionCasesDependsJudgmentMajorsIntuitionSubtleConcretePropositionsPremises Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“It's like losing a son because I loved Michael and Michael loved me. But you know, as when people grow up and they make their own decisions and they move forward, there's a distance, and I think that Michael in some cases might have gone too far with some of the things he was doing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMightMovingGrowsDecisionCasesGoneGrowing UpSonLosingDistanceMoving Forward Author:Berry Gordy
“In our society, real power does not happen to lie in the political system, it lies in the private economy: that’s where the decisions are made about what’s produced, how much is produced, what’s consumed, where investment takes place, who has jobs, who controls the resources, and so on and so forth. And as long as that remains the case, changes inside the political system can make some difference-I don’t want to say it’s zero-but the differences are going to be very slight.” WantLongDoeMadeRealHappensJobsPoliticalLyingDifferencesDecisionCasesEconomyResourcesRemainsInvestmentOur SocietyZeroConsumedPolitical SystemsReal Power Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Persians are very fond of wine ... It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then in the morning, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberations, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine.” IfsFirstsMadeSometimesMatterNightHouseDecisionPracticeMorningCasesInfluenceMastersWeightWineAffairDrunkSoberDeliberateApprovedDeliberationGeneral Practice Author:Herodotus
“There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.” ShouldArtFacesCertainGoalDecisionCasesClearInformationOccasionsUncertaintyConsistently Book:Next Generation Leader Source: Next Generation Leader
“The use of cases is to establish principles; if the cases decide different from the principles, I must follow the principles, not the decisions.” IfsDifferentUseDecisionPrinciplesCases Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Only in the exceptional case, where the integrity and competence of the advisers have been thoroughly demonstrated, should the investor act upon the advice of others without understanding and approving the decision made.” ShouldHas BeensMadeUnderstandingDecisionCasesAdviceIntegrityInvestingInvestorsExceptionalCompetenceAdviserDecisions MadeApproving Book:The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
“Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists because we don't know the future, we don't know if the decision we make will lead to the best possible outcome. Cognitive science has taught us that relying on our gut or intuition often leads to bad decisions, particularly in cases where statistical information is available. Our guts and our brains didn't evolve to deal with probabilistic thinking.” IfsThinkingKnowsWould BeEasyDifficultDecisionDealsBrainCasesInformationTaughtAvailableIntuitionEvolveUncertaintyOutcomesGutsDecision MakingCognitiveTaught UsBad DecisionCognitive ScienceDecisions We Make Author:Daniel Levitin
“Make a decision and then make the decision right. Line up your Energy with it. In most cases it doesn't really matter what you decide. Just decide. There are endless options that would serve you enormously well, and all or any one of them is better than no decision.” WellsMatterEnergyLinesDecisionCasesEndless Author:Esther Hicks
“Computer monitors can operate in many different video modes. In most cases, the decision about how many pixels and colors to display is yours - but not always.” DifferentDecisionCasesColorComputerVideoDisplayPixels Author:Charles Petzold
“When I look at a person, or a character, it is in every case the beginning of an endless journey. And I don't suppose I know where that starts. I know that I have to, like every other person, make decisions and have opinions. But I'm real careful to not judge crassly or cheaply someone else's life.” KnowsLooksPersonsRealCharacterDecisionOpinionCasesJourneyJudgingCarefulEndlessEndless Journey Author:William Hurt
“You want a judge who makes objective decisions, and that's why temperament is such an important component of being a judge. You have to earn people's respect, because they know that you are deciding the case based on the facts and the law, not because they're trying to be your friend.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingImportantFactsLawDecisionCasesJudgingObjectivesComponentsTemperament Author:Steven Pacey
“My videos are coming from the perspective of someone who bought the device, used it and is giving impressions on the actual usage. Sometimes 2 different behind-the-scenes engienering decisions will yield the same user experience, in which case I won't even mention it.” GivingDifferentSometimesUsedDecisionBehindsCasesPerspectiveSceneImpressionVideoDevicesYieldUsersUsageBehind The ScenesUser Experience Author:Marques Brownlee
“It's kind of amazing; I don't know anything. It's an interesting way to work where you're living in the moment and making decisions for your character in the moment. You have to go with your gut on everything - try not to over-think things. That tends to make me doubt what I did, but then that's always the case. I'm a worrier. I have to accept that and just be a worrier.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingKindMomentsCharacterDecisionInterestingAcceptingCasesDoubtGutsLive In The MomentMaking DecisionsInteresting Ways Author:Evan Peters
“I suppose it is a bit of a date that we're having at the moment. As is usually the case you don't get married on a first date, you've got to go out a few times before you make any big decisions.” FirstsMomentsBigsBitsDecisionCasesMarriedFirst DateBig Decisions Author:Aidy Boothroyd
“We should probably figure out a new word for this. For us, "open" means transparent, as in "open source" - you're not locked in to what the original creator did. And in our case "open" also means distributed decision making.” ShouldMeanDecisionCasesFiguresSourceOriginalsCreatorDecision MakingLockedTransparentOpen SourceNew Words Author:Mitchell Baker
“Rhetoric is useful because the true and the just are naturally superior to their opposites, so that, if decisions are improperly made, they must owe their defeat to their own advocates; which is reprehensible. Further, in dealing with certain persons, even if we possessed the most accurate scientific knowledge, we should not find it easy to persuade them by the employment of such knowledge. For scientific discourse is concerned with instruction, but in the case of such persons instruction is impossible.” IfsShouldPersonsMadeCertainEasyDecisionCasesImpossibleConcernedOppositesDefeatSuperiorsEmploymentInstructionPossessedAccurateRhetoricDiscourseScientific Knowledge Book:Aristotle: the art of rhetoric Source: Aristotle: the art of rhetoric
“Taxing the rich to fund the poorly managed government programs is simply a self-destructive decision: It does nothing more than move money and investment decisions away from proven moneymakers (read: job producers) to Washington amateurs. In both cases, American's lose.” DoeSelfGovernmentJobsMovingLosesDecisionCasesRichProgramInvestmentProducersDestructiveFundProvenSelf DestructiveGovernment Programs Author:T. J. Rodgers