Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

Think Like a Genius
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Here is a question for you. If 70 percent of the decisions that
managers and executives make turn out to be wrong, how can the
world continue to function? The answer is simple. Superior peo-
ple—those who rise to the top of any organization—are those who
are willing to cut their losses. They are willing to admit quickly that
they have made a mistake and rectify the situation rather than per-
sisting until it gets worse.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of people fall in love with their
past decisions, and once having made them, they are reluctant to
give them up, even if all the evidence is against them. Don’t let this
happen to you. Instead, resolve to be the very first to recognize that
a decision that you have made or conclusion that you have come to
has been invalidated or disproven by new information. Be prepared
to drop the old decision and embrace a new solution or new way of
doing things.
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