Every day at work, (and in life), we’re faced with decisions.
Some are big. Some are small. Some feel invisible until later, when they turn out to have mattered more than we thought.
The hardest part isn’t always the number of decisions. It’s the pressure — the weight of trying to make the right one.
Of course we want to make the right decision. Of course we want to do the right thing.
But… what is “right”?
Well, that’s the challenge, isn’t it?
No one knows
Here’s the thing: you’ll never truly know. Not 100%, anyway.
“Right” is rarely an objective truth. More often, it’s a feeling — conjured up from that three-way battle between your head, your heart, and your gut.
I guess you can call it… instinct.
Instinct isn’t magic. It’s experience wearing a disguise. It’s refined through failure. Sharpened through triumph. Strengthened through reps.
It’s the quiet skill of listening — to advice, to ideas, to the voices of others — without forgetting your own.
Move
The real challenge? Doing all of this...fast.
Not recklessly — but with enough clarity and courage to move forward. Because there’s always the chance the decision wasn’t right. And that’s okay.
What matters most is what you do after. When you realize a decision isn’t quite right, you have a choice:
Freeze and spiral… or adjust and make it right.
And often, that’s the real difference. That’s how you get to “right” in the first place. Not by perfect foresight, but by persistent correction.
Make it right
“You can’t always make the right decision, but you can make the decision right.”
The first time I heard this phrase was in a YouTube video, and it stopped me in my tracks.
It’s poetic. It’s powerful. And, honestly, it’s brilliant.
It’s a simple sentence, but it reframes everything about action and decision-making.
Mitigating risk is important — yes. But there’s a world of difference between mitigating risk and avoiding decisions altogether.
Somewhere Along the Way...
You won’t always know what’s right.
You just choose, see what happens, and keep adjusting.
Right isn’t a destination you magically arrive at. It’s something you make—step by step, correction by correction.
And I suppose that’s how, somewhere along the way, you end up doing the right thing.