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When we commit to a course of action, it means that, in some sense, we now own that decision.
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If extreme positions become more integral to who we are, we ought to see less escalation of commitment from those with consensus positions.
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Altogether, the pass-fail nature of goals can impede progress, cause escalation of commitment, and stop us from considering the progress we make along the way as success.
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Adding a few well-thought-out unlesses to our goals will help us achieve the flexibility that we’re seeking, be more responsive to the changing landscape, and reduce escalation of commitment to losing causes.
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Leaders commonly fall into the trap of evaluating people solely by whether they’ve achieved a goal or not. When they do that, they’re increasing the potential for escalation of commitment.
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Escalation of commitment is costly. If the participants had walked away sooner, they would have made more. It may feel like quitting slows us down, but… it is persistence that is often the culprit.
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The more we focus on ourselves and avoid a commitment to others… research shows, the more we suffer from anxiety and depression.
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During a strategic inflection point, management continually has to refine its conception of the strategic map of the industry… But mental maps are awfully forgiving of ambiguity. You must force yourself to commit your thoughts to paper.
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…you can only outrun [your competition] if you commit yourself to a particular direction and go as fast as you can.
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If you’re wrong, you will die. But most companies don’t die because they are wrong: most die because they don’t commit themselves.
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