When people must choose between alternatives, they typically list their options and seek the one they consider best. This approach works when the differences between choices are clear, making it easy to identify the superior one. However, what happens when none of the options seems superior, and you face a difficult decision?

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When I was in high school, I watched a movie, "The SeventhSeal," directed by Ingmar Bergman. In the movie, a crusader returning from the Crusades, fighting for Jesus, is visited by the angel of death to take him to the afterlife.

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People who are committed and willing to give everything for an idea, a goal, or a purpose, to the point of self-sacrifice, are considered heroes. However, for every person committed to idea A, there are others equally committed to the opposing idea B.

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I was attending a meeting, where we were debating some significant decision. At a certain point someone said: “I disagree”. I lost my cool. I got aggressive and the meeting atmosphere changed and became negative.

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Israel is fighting people, not a government, and people cannot be defeated. They need to be won over. Russia had to retreat from Afghanistan, and so did the United States. When fighting people, if the leaders get killed, others take their place, and if they accept defeat, the people become terrorists. Thus, many Israelis claim that the war with the Palestinians is going to be a 100-year war, if not longer.

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The higher one ascends the organizational hierarchy, the more complex are the problems that a manager or a leader have to address and deal with. As one moves up the hierarchy it requires a change in how one manages.

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