Ten Commandments of Decision Making

Not sure where I got this, but it's great stuff.

1. Everything must address the central question, how will it help us to better fulfill our mission? And the mission must be connected to changing lives.
2. Focus on opportunities, not problems. Far too often, the best resources are assigned to solving problems instead of seizing opportunities.
3. Deciding what not to do is often more important than deciding what to do. “There is nothing as useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” (Peter Drucker)
4. Don’t wait for others to forge innovation, then seek to duplicate. Be creative, innovate, and think out of the box.
5. People decisions are more important than strategy decisions. People are our greatest resource. They are also constantly looking at what values we really hold.
6. Understand that all decisions are team decisions. No individual has the temperament and the skills to do every job. The purpose of a team is to make strengths productive and weaknesses irrelevant.
7. The three most important questions are “What is our reason for being?”, “Who are we serving?”, and “What do those we are serving expect of us?”
8. Resist the tried and proven approach. Just because it worked yesterday does not insure it will work today.
9. Don’t defend the indefensible. Admit you made a mistake and move to another option rather than putting a “spin” on everything.
10. Understand that plan B may be no better than plan A, and it could be worse. If it doesn’t work, it’s almost always better to do something different than to tweak it.