One could write a long essay on businesses lessons from the virus crisis, there are so many, both good and bad. One of the top lessons is about making decisions.
Here in Washington, our governor does not like having to make decisions (other than, it seems, to be in charge of everything). He waffles, postpones, is forming committees (and we know how efficient and effective government committees can be), and is creating backlash.
While I’m not in New York, Georgia, or California, it seems those governors are much better at making decisions. Whether you agree with those decisions (or if their decisions worked out okay) is not the point. They’re taking action.
Many years ago, a very wise and experienced businessperson told me one of his best attributes was to make a decision and move on it. He said even if half of his decisions were right, he was way ahead, versus not making a decision. And then there’s Grantland Rice who said, “A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.”
Tying it to my business, during buy-sell due diligence, some buyers get analysis-paralysis. They need to make a decision and move.