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I hope I don't offend you, but I think you should step back...

Life is a miracle. 

Yes, it's true we will all (likely) die and there might be tough times ahead. Some of us will live longer. Some of us will die sooner. Some of us will have better lives than others in the time we have. But the fact that we get to live at all is an immense gift. Too many people outsmart themselves by suggesting otherwise, Too many people squander the time they have, not even realizing what a profound gift it is to be alive.

I think it's far better to honor the gift of our time by doing the... (read more)

David - this is a topic I think about a lot since I work with a lot of startups that usually need to operate with a high sense of urgency to succeed.

Another take on decisiveness is offered by John Cleese in his book on creativity.

https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Short-Cheerful-John-Cleese/dp/0385348274

In one of the chapters, he mentions a study of architects widely regarded to be most creative in their field by their peers. Architects were picked because their jobs involve a clear combination of the creative and practical.

When he compared the architects considered most creative, he found two key differences: The first was that they hadn't forgotten how to "play" in the sense that they hadn't unlearned that... (read more)