Without decisiveness, all the nine prior attributes are potential energy that never converts.

So stop asking what if I'm wrong and start asking what will happen if I do nothing.

The clearer your ethos, the faster your choices will be.

Decisiveness doesn't say I will never adjust.

What it does say is I will not let uncertainty prevent me from

moving. Work doesn't stop here, but you've laid a foundation and that's a big deal. I want you to

think about a decision that you've been sitting on. You know that one, the one that's living in the

back of your mind for days, maybe weeks. You've even thought about it in the shower.

You've turned it over at 2 a.m.

You've listed the pros and cons so many times that the list has lost all meaning.

You've told yourself that you'll decide when you have more information, more certainty,

a better read on how things are going to shake out.

And yet, here you are.

Still undecided.

Here's what I want you to hear today. That delay is not neutral. Every day that you don't move, something else is happening

anyways, and that opportunity is shifting. The situation is evolving. The people around you

are filling the vacuum that your indecision has created. You see, the world doesn't pause while you perfect

your analysis. Hesitation is a choice. It just rarely feels like one. Welcome to episode 10 of

the sheepdog series. We're going to talk about the final attribute, decisiveness. This is the one that

converts everything we built into action. This is going to close out this series on attributes and we'll start the sheepdog series on the skills next. So welcome back to the Mark Devine show. I am Mark Devine. Retired Navy SEAL commander, founder of Seal Fit and Unbeal Mind, author of The Way of the Seal, unbealable mind staring down the wall, uncommon, and eight weeks of seal fit,

and your host for this show.

Nine attributes are already in the architecture we've discussed them over the last nine

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