#13DaysOfReflection — Day 6
6. “DON’T LET ADVERSE FACTS STAND IN THE WAY OF A GOOD DECISION.”
I’m going to pull directly from General Powell’s book for this one. For this rule, he ends by saying: “Whenever I’m faced with a difficult choice, my approach has always been to make an estimate of the situation — a familiar military process: What’s the situation? What’s the mission? What are the different courses of action? How do they compare with one another? Which looks most likely to succeed? Now, follow your informed instinct, decide, and execute forcefully; throw the mass of your forces and energy behind the choice. Then take a deep breath and hope it works, remembering that ‘hope is a bad supper, but makes a good breakfast.’” Excerpt From: Colin Powell. “It Worked for Me.” Apple Books. https://books.apple.com/us/book/it-worked-for-me/id487138181
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I’m going to keep it short in sweet, but all in all, I’ve followed this to a T throughout my entire life. I recently made a decision, which I’m excited to share with you all at some point, and I know it was the best one based on “informed instinct.” Now it’s time to execute — with excellence.
Short and sweet. Let’s reevaluate for a longer and more reflective part two in three years. :-)
It’s time to go BIG.
