The big question is when I had the opportunity…
Page 587. The big question is when I had the opportunity, did I choose courage over comfort.
— from Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences) · Tools of Titans
In the book
When a choice touches many people, write down who is affected and weigh it by the greatest good for the most of them. And beneath all the technique, hold the one question that the biggest decisions of your life will come down to: in this moment, did I choose courage over comfort? So here is how to fly the mission, decision by decision. […] Use simple sorting labels. Run incoming demands through quick buckets — critical, necessary, desirable, out — so the trivial never crowds out the vital; and weigh a choice partly by whether it helps you avoid future frictions down the road. Apply the regret test — take the path of no regret — and ask whether you chose courage over comfort. To my children, and to theirs: — Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)