The 4th Trait : Decisive

 

Decisiveness is defined as being characterized by firmness and decision.  A decisive person means that he or she have the ability to decide and from this kind of strength, the person will also have the ability to act on his own.  To simply this statement are we being the leader of our own life and one kind of skill that can build as it can be summon whenever you need it.  Decisiveness also means that the person be able to make the decision clear and quickly even if the decision is simply to do more research or brainstorming.  Even that so, we still need to observe the information that available on that time and then decide what would be the most effective way to take action.  If any possible, get more information for it and if there’s no more data just use the facts available.  Without any decision, no progress can be done.

Bill Ready, the CEO of Braintree that provided mobile payments platform for online and mobile commerce for companies such as Uber, Airbnb and Fab shared the tips of being decisive can brought us to a successful person.  Ready said, “There are two main things I wish I had known when I was 21”.  The first one was he regret he did not listening to people whom more experienced than him because surrounding yourself with great people will make you more motivated.  The second one was to be fearless when you make a decision.  Ready said that never be afraid to pursue revolutionary ideas and do not hold back simply just because we have a lot of unconquerable competitors in our market space.  That’s mean we should be decisive in making a decision although it might sound risky but if we are one step ahead then in future we won’t be afraid to take a bigger decision in pursuing our business far away.