Decision-making Pro Pillows

'Which one shall I get?'

'Your first major investment decision?'

'You may choose either everlasting life or whatever is behind the curtain.'

"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...'

Career Choices

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

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

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

'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?"

"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."

'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

'I think I'm decisive. Can I get back to you on that?'

"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.

'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!...'

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

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

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

Fork in the trail.

Wiseguys/Smartasses/Eggheads/Smarty Pants

Doubt or Certainy

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

"Eeny, meeny, miney, mo.."

"There are some specific issues concerning landing yet to be resolved but we're making good progress."

Sign pointing to 'hindsight' and 'foresight'

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.