April 8, 2026

Only then

Cyclist

You can plan.

You can investigate and think about and read books and talk to the experts. You can do your due diligence. You can make decisions based on the best information available taking into account the risks, the learning curves, the distractions. You can determine to go slow before you go fast. You can be grown up about making reasonable expectations and respecting the flakiness of assumptions.

You can do all that … and still.

When you put the spade in the ground, when you start to do the actual work, then – and only then – will you learn whether you’ve made the right decision or not.

Some might use that as an argument for taking ever longer to reduce risks.

Some use it to make quick decisions, to get on with it and to pivot when they need.

Skippy strategy: The fastest way to take decisions is to make decisions.

Category:
Decisions