In the End Make Your Decision

Bill Belichick is at it again.

He calls for a pass on fourth down with two yards to go on his own 28-yard line with two minutes to go in the game. His team, the New England Patriots, came up six inches short of the first down and lots of people are calling him an idiot.

However, let's replay that in slow motion. Bill Belichick called for a pass on fourth down. He made what he thought was the best decison for that moment. Once he made the decision then he lived with it.

As a manager, you have to make a decision. At some point you have to make a decision. Once you make that decision you will have to live with the consequences of that decision. Belichick has made a lot of "unusual" decisions on the way to winning three Super Bowls and playing in four. I've grown fairly sick of all the critics in the world (Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olberman, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Mathews, etc.) who attack every decision by people they don't like or agree with. Hey, we can all criticize. But are you capable of making a decision? Deciding and criticizing or two different things.

However, in the end a manager has to make a decision in order to be a manager. Are you willing to do what you think is the right thing to do at any given moment? When you are you will have to live with the consequences, but at least you will know that you a true manager because in the end a true manager makes decision.