This is one of the unspoken skills of highly effective people.
It’s a skill of identification and of action.
Both of these require excellent diagnosis, pattern recognition, and confidence.
To be clear, the diagnosis is two-fold: when to act, and when it’s your job not to act or let someone else act.
And the confidence is paired with humility: not “I believe in myself the most, always” but, “I know this is really important. I’m confident, based on my experience, about what needs to be done. And I’m willing to be on the hook for the results.”
Supporting skills include the ability to task switch when necessary; comfort with risk; the willingness to act with incomplete information; and the discipline not to procrastinate.
