CHAPTER 16
Stop Worrying About Making the Right Decision
by Ed Batista
Much of my work as a coach involves helping people wrestle with an important decision. Some of these choices feel particularly big because they involve selecting one option to the exclusion of all others when the cost of being “wrong” can be substantial: If I’m at a crossroads in my career, which path should I follow? If I’m considering job offers, which one should I accept? If I’m being asked to relocate, should I move to a new city or stay put?
Difficult decisions like these remind me of a comment made by Scott McNealy—a cofounder and former CEO of Sun Microsystems—during a lecture I attended while I was in business school at Stanford: He was asked how he made decisions ...
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