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'All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guessing what was at the other side of the hill.''

- The Duke of Wellington

 

'It was a flawless operation. It was just that the hostages weren't there.'

- Chuck Hagel, US Secretary of Defence.

 

A good decision is one that advances you towards where you want to be.

It takes discipline and courage to seek to execute a flawless operation instead of succumbing to the seduction of decisiveness.

That's why Leaders are brave.

 

Sure - you might solve a problem with instinct, intervention, positional power or luck.

Meanwhile, someone is planning their operation based upon the predictability  of your decisions.

About where the hostages will be.

 

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