He who hesitates is lost.
Like all proverbs, this one should come with one of NASCAR’s yellow flags. Had George Custer hesitated at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, he and most of his men might have lived to fight another day.
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Grappling With Indecision: Sometimes You Just Gotta Jump
Letting indecision paralyze your will can steal your opportunities.
The cost of indecision: wasted time, effort, and energy. Cagkan Sayin/Shutterstock
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
