Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

— Charles Caleb Colton

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Deciding and doing ask for opposite temperaments. Deliberation is the time for doubt, for slowness, for taking objections seriously; once the choice is made, carrying it out half-heartedly gives you the worst of both, since you get neither the benefit of the decision nor the safety of never having made it. The same separation applies to disagreement. Either concede properly and pleasantly or hold your ground clearly, but do not do a resentful half of each.

Look at where you are currently hedging. Work out which mode you are in and commit to that one fully for a week.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Where are you still deliberating on something you already decided?

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