Too much data? Be decisive.

By rickColosimo / March 11, 2008 /

This article & discussion from Lifehacker.com includes an excerpt from a new book, CrazyBusy. The author, in that excerpt, talks about how we often get entangled today by a desire to have all the data before we make a decision. In our experience, this is not a side effect of the modern world, of the…

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Eisenhower Quote on Planning

By rickColosimo / January 3, 2008 / Comments Off on Eisenhower Quote on Planning

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” We use this phrase a lot in two contexts: first, we freely admit, and accept, that our plans may not work out as expected, which is a risk. We then discuss how we manage that risk by a thorough…

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