“Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.” -Dean Hawkes
OK, this is my official call for quotations. Please send me your favorite nuggets of wisdom about decision making and I will post them on my blog. And hopefully they will help me make since of my life too.
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A mutual friend once quoted Ray Bradbury to me:
"Listen to your stomach, not your head. Your head will rationalize you right into a job that you shouldn't have." (Ray Bradbury)
Can you guess the mutual friend?
Oh, and here's another one I wrote down years ago on a WF fall retreat:
"Stop thinkin', stop figurin',stop analyzing... just STOP. And let God have the floor." (Maya Angelou)
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford (it's a personal mantra for me)
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius
Not all of these have to do with decision making, but I say them in my head a lot.
Here's one I found relating to a journey I am presently on:
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. ~William James
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