Prompt decisions without explaining reasons are superior bec

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Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.

Lord William Murray Mansfield, John Lord Campbell, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England, 1849, vol. 2, ch.

The point

Prompt decisions without explaining reasons are superior because explanations are always flawed. Decisive action without justification shows wisdom.

Scripture

Proverbs 15:22James 1:5

Audience

Adults

Tone

Pragmatic

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under a minute · 40 words

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