Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen has said, “It’s easier to hold to your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold to them 98 percent of the time.” When you’re only 98 percent committed to something, then you haven’t truly decided. As a result, you’re required to continue making decisions in every future situation you’re in, weighing in every instance whether this particular situation falls into the 2 percent of exceptions you’ve allowed yourself. In every situation you’re in, you’re not actually sure what the outcome will be in terms of your behavior and
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