Decisive or tentative

Sometimes, deliberate, decisive action is favorable, compared to a deliberate, tentative approach.

A few examples...

The person who intentionally trots down a loose gravel decline is less likely to slip than the person stiffly shuffling, inch by inch.

A full gallon of milk, tipped ever so cautiously, will result in milk pouring down the side of the container long before it reaches the glass.

And you could go through a whole box of matches — each with an unsure swipe across the strike-plate — and not produce a single flame.

Sometimes, it’s the swift, sure-footed motion that’s needed.

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Likewise, don’t flirt with the edge of the embankment at the swimming hole of opportunity. You’ll slip. You’ll get hurt.

No. When the opportunity is right, we need to leap.

Not toe-dip. Not hem and haw.

Leap.