The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future-are, more often than not, unconsidered.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The biggest life choices are often made without much thought.
- In plain terms
- Important future decisions usually happen without planning.
- What can you take from it?
- Life-changing moments often happen by chance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What decisions did you make without thinking?
- How much control do you really have?
Another view
Some major decisions are very deliberate.
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