Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Making Decisions - Cutting or Killing

When making decisions, deciding to cut options can be terrifying—but the truth is, it is the very essence of decision making. In fact: The Latin root of the word decision—cis or cid—literally means “to cut” or “to kill.” You can see this in words like scissors, homicide, or fratricide.

It’s how you get from the Trivial Many to the Vital Few.

-from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown

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