swift decision-making Quotes

Indecision is a major time waster; 80% of decisions should be made the first time they come up

There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions. There are only companies that have good fast decisions.

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

When you're in operations, the best thing you can do at the top level is get the strategy right. You have to get the big ideas right, you have to determine what is the policy, what is the level of effort you're willing to commit to it? And then you delegate to those who have to execute that strategy to the appropriate level. What's the appropriate level? It's the level where people are trained and equipped to take decisions so we move swiftly against the enemy.

Another idea that is changing is that the leader must be one who can make quick decisions. The leader to-day is often one who thinks out his decisions very slowly.

There are but few commanders who properly appreciate the value of celerity.

A decision will be made before it's too late or soon thereafter.

Good big decisions do not take time at all, if they do you are in trouble.

The Ultimate decision, the fastest decision there is, is ACTION!

Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.

In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful

The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.

Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive.

We associate leadership with decisiveness. That perception of leadership pushes people to make decisions fairly quickly, lest they be seen as dithering and indecisive.

I always want to be as quick and decisive as I can be.