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The best decision to make is the right
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one and the worst one is to not.
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When I spoke in South Pal many years
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ago, Barack Obama was on stage and he
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said that as president like when he went
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and got bin Laden in that compound in
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Pakistan, they didn't know if Bin Laden
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was there, they'd never visually
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properly IDed him. So, he had to make
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that decision to risk American lives
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with, as he said, 51% certainty. And he
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says that's the the thing about being
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the president of the United States. You
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make huge calls with very little
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certainty. The most successful people
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that I've met do have that ability to be
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low certainty and make big calls with
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the peace of mind that they've made that
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call with the best available
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information. Some people listening right
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now
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with even small decisions are trying to
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get to 100% certainty when obviously
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100% certainty only exists in hindsight.
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That's a really good point. I think
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that's a lot of people struggle with
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that when it comes to just just to own
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your decision. Whatever you choose to
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do, if you make it not under high
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emotion and you do the best you can with
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the information that you have at that
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time, you make a decision. If you make
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the wrong decision, then it's
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experience. If you make the right
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decision, then it's confirmation. The
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best decision to make is the right one,
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and the worst one is to not make a
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decision at all. And so if you have
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those type of leaders who just can't
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think through that problem, then that's
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not a leader.