Decision Quality Is a Function of Vitality.

Vitality is a function of design. Decisions are not isolated moments of intelligence. The quality of decisions are rarely determined in the moment a choice is made. It is determined long before, through the conditions within which a person lives, leads, works, thinks, rests, and moves. Decision quality is an expression of vitality. Vitality is not simply energy. It is available life force translated into strength, clarity, steadiness, discernment, emotional regulation, precision, and capacity. When vitality declines:

• decisions compress,

• time horizons shorten,

• reactivity increases,

• standards soften,

• judgment and discernment becomes expensive.

When vitality expands: