UNAFRAID
“You cannot control the wind. You can only decide whether you are willing to raise the sails.”Denise Godreau
Do the work completely. Release the outcome entirely.
Five steps for leaders who are done letting imagined fear make their decisions.
Name the decision and the fear. If you cannot write each in one sentence, you have not defined them yet. Clarity before analysis. Most decision-making paralysis begins here — with an ill-defined problem or an outsized fear.
Three essential reasons.
If you cannot make the case in these three, you don’t have one.
Roughly 20% of the factors carry 80% of the weight. Find that 20% — and distribute your time accordingly. Sweat what matters; move fast on the rest. Decision velocity is a leadership skill.
Make the call now — you can correct course. The cost of waiting exceeds the cost of being wrong.
Do the diligence, then ask the hard question: is the downside survivable? If not, is the upside worth the risk? Decide and move.
Commit. Move to the next decision. Urgency is a discipline. Productivity is the proof. Confidence moves rooms. The leaders who move fastest are not the ones with the most information — they are the ones who have learned to release the outcome.
“You cannot control the wind. You can only decide whether you are willing to raise the sails.”Denise Godreau