We make thousands of decisions every day. Some of them are memorable and others barely break our consciousness.

All of us would like to get every one of them right.

But no one bats 1.000.

We all want to be perfect, but none of us are. As a result, some of our decisions are inevitably going to turn out poorly.

Each of us encounters moments of indecision.

We have done the analysis, yet there is no clear-cut answer.

The worst thing we can do in those situations is nothing.

We have to choose.

Our experience and knowledge help, but inevitably some of our choices will deliver unwanted results.

We can then either pout and beat ourselves up for making the wrong choice or adapt and move forward a bit wiser as a result.

As Will Rogers suggests, those decisions that don’t generate successful outcomes are often the source of wisdom.

Much as we would all like to avoid failure, most of our growth happens at the end of failure.

So yes, we need to be diligent about doing the analysis that is critical, but then we need to know when it is time to pull the trigger.

We won’t always be right.

But we create momentum either way, and it is much easier to turn a ship that is moving than one stuck on a sandbar.

Throughout this week we have talked about fear, fatigue, uncertainty, analysis, counsel, and courage.

At some point every leader must decide.

What are you agonizing over today?

How can you get unstuck?

Your decision doesn’t have to solve world hunger.

It just needs to be the next right thing.