506 Quotes About Decision-making

When considering a candidate for office, almost right up until they enter the polling booth and sometimes even in the booth itself, most voters rely more on what they see and hear themselves in real time than on facts, history, logic, or learned experience.

It is a choice, and therefore within the province of economics.

My hunch is that as the importance of a decision grows, the tendency to rely on quantitative analyses done by others tends to shrink. When the championship or the future of the company is on the line, managers tend to rely on their gut instincts.

The main reason why God gave us imaginations is to allow us to have a specific power that can help us make realistic decisions.

At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him.

Be careful not to make decisions when you're going through a hard time that will affect your credibility once you get back on your feet.

The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness.

Thinking can be done best when you’re in that state of mind where nothing can slip under the radar and destroy your concentration.

Good decision making is the result of years of experience making and learning from one's choices - good and bad.