No Matter How You Say It: Decisiveness
Word Origin
Decide is from Middle English deciden, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French decider, borrowed from Latin dēcīdere “to cut off, cut out, mark by cutting, settle, choose as a course of action,” from dē- DE- + caedere “to strike, beat, kill, fell (trees, etc.), cut off or through”
from Mirriam-Webster.com
Can you see how deciding is cutting off what you aren’t going to do?
Sign Language
Can you see how Decide is firm and Procrastinate just keeps getting delayed?
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Decisiveness Idioms and Phrases
- Act swiftly and decisively
- Be unwavering
- Call the shot
- Cut and dried
- Cut to the chase
- Done is better than perfect
- Don’t be a chicken
- Don’t be a fence sitter
- Don’t be afraid to take a stand
- Don’t beat around the bush
- Don’t jump to conclusions
- Eleventh-hour decision
- Have a backbone
- Have conviction
- Leave no room for doubt
- Make a snap decision
- Nail down
- Of two minds
- On the horns of a dilemma
- Sit tight
- Snap decision
- Stand by your decision
- Take a leap of faith
- Take a stand
- Take it or leave it
- Take the bull by the horns
- The die is cast
- The lesser of two evils
- Trust your gut
- Weigh the pros and cons
- Weigh your options
In Other Languages
Spanish – Decisión
German – Entschlossenheit
French – Esprit de décision
Hungarian – Döntésképesség
Quechua – Decisión nisqa
Danish – Beslutsomhed