The Most Important Thing About A Decision

At the recent FIreEye Cyber Defense Summit in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of hearing General (ret.) Colin Powell deliver one of the keynotes. He is a wonderful speaker, and spoke about many important topics, principles, and ideas. As it turns out, one of his quotes in particular had a profound impact on and resonated very strongly with me. During the course of his keynote, he stated: “The most important thing about a decision is that it’s timely”.