Decision-making Master Gifts

Sign pointing to 'hindsight' and 'foresight'

"A workshop will be offered on the topic of decision-making....I could possibly take part....o the other hand...."

"The job stress was already bad enough, but now I have to choose between 56 flavors of coffee."

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

"That recruitment algorithm we’ve been using, I think we need to revisit it!"

Career Choices

"Must everything with you be a landmark decision?"

Desk Boxes: 'In', 'Out', 'Could Go Either Way'.

Desk trays - 'In', 'Out', and 'It depends'.

'As I see it, our choices are 'no' and 'hell no'.'

Stop saying 'You're the boss' I KNOW I'm the boss!

"I don't know what I want, but I do know what I don't want, and I won't know one until I see the other."

'OK, let's see who's going to be the pack horse today: Heads or tails?'

"Who's ready to see what's going to happen in the fourth quarter?"

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

Traffic Management Strategic Group

"There's only one thing I hate more than a 'yes man', and that's a 'no man'!"

'Henry was an undecided voter four years ago when he entered that voting booth, and I'm still waiting for him to decide and come home.'

Medical student overdrafts...careers in the law.

"I hear you have been split testing our online advertising campaign. I haven't got a clue what that is but stop it now."

'Sometimes I wish I had never sold my camels!'

'Worker or Soldier: Is that all you can suggest? Not much of a choice is there!...'

What's your most popular drink? Why do you want to know? Why base your order on what other people are buying? Don't be a follower. Be your own man. If you're unfamiliar with a drink, ask what's in it and decide for yourself whether that sounds good. Or better yet, live a little. Take a risk. Choose a drink you've never had at random and see where it takes you. You only have one life. Don't live it following in the footsteps of other people. That's kind of harsh. No, it's the name of the drink.

'Someone round here has to make the important decisions.'

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

"The key to making the right decision is knowing which coin to flip."

Fork in the trail.

Wiseguys/Smartasses/Eggheads/Smarty Pants

"Use your head, follow your heart and go with your gut."

"Graphs are like EKGs, they show the health of a company."