While saying “No” to many requests may lead others to perceive the manager in a negative light. Often a mistake of young managers is to say “Yes” to everything, which can lead to an over-burdening of the team. Inexperience in Life or LeadershipĪ young manager just starting on their career in management might simply not have enough business and life experience to make a high percentage of good decisions. In either case, we humans probably get any decision correct 58% of the time. It can be argued that people change over time, and therefore partners grow apart, meaning the outcome is unforeseeable, but the counter-argument is that the criteria upon which the decision was made were not as robust as they could be. Even though we have no limit on the time to “test drive,” evaluate and assess a future life partner, we still fail 42% of the time. This means that only 58% of the time, we make a good choice in our most important decision.

According to the CDCs National Center for Health Statistics, 42% of all marriages in the USA result in divorce.

However, in business, when an otherwise competent manager starts making bad decisions, it can impact their team and the broader company.Ĭonsider the most important decision of all, who shall we marry? It turns out that the critical decision of choosing a life partner is an extremely difficult decision to get right. Managers and leaders are only human, and humans are not perfect decision-makers, so you can expect a bad decision once in a while.

I have to quit making rash decisions