If you’re seventy percent sure, move. The last thirty percent only shows up once you’re walking.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Certainty is not something you gather beforehand; a good part of it gets manufactured by starting. Standing still gives you the same information over and over, while movement produces new facts, corrections and people who tell you things you could not have guessed. Waiting for the last stretch of confidence usually means waiting for something that only exists on the other side.

Take the decision you have been circling and identify the first reversible step. Do that one, keep the door open behind you, and reassess once the walking has told you something new.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which decision are you delaying for certainty that never comes?

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