Making Decisions – a Quote and a Story
There’s a quote of unknown source that says: Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.
The story is a true one. I was driving on a road not heavily travelled and a squirrel started to run across the road. I braked. He almost reached the other side and then quickly turned and started back. I braked again and looked quickly in my rear view mirror to confirm that nothing was coming behind me.
Once again he almost reached the other side, then changed his mind again and started back across the road. This time I stopped. He turned and looked at me, then calmly started walking in front of me down the middle of the road as if he were leading a parade. I followed slowly.
Now that’s indecision and he’s very lucky that he lived through it.
