Withdrawal is not a Strategy

Problems don’t solve themselves Most problems don’t get smaller when you ignore them, but they grow teeth. Avoiding a tough decision doesn’t preserve optionality, it just inflates the cost of inaction. You delay the email, the restructure, the confrontation and the problem quietly compounds interest in the background. By the time you return, it’s no […]
Taking a decision has two ‘stops’

Every decision has two legs: Analyze the data. Build the model, argue with yourself in comments, ask for feedback, produce a beautiful memo that you read the next day, etc. Decide. Hit “buy/sell/approve/ship”. Analysis without a decision is accrual accounting for courage: impressive, but nobody got paid. A decision without analysis is amateur work. […]