Truth 11. Don't judge your decisions based on their outcome
In his last movie, Being There, Peter Sellers plays Chance the Gardener, a dimwitted character who wanders out onto the streets of Washington, DC, and somehow manages to bumble his way to the heights of wealth and power. He doesn't even have the capacity to make good decisions. But everything he touches turns to gold. In the closing scene, he walks on water.
While few of us live such charmed lives, many times our bad decisions produce fantastic results. Sometimes the worst decisions turn out quite well. And sometimes good decisions lead to bad outcomes. You can't gauge the quality of the decision based on the way it turns out.
Just because the Challenger didn't explode after leaving ...
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