Don't stand still. // You can't beat the competition / by standing still / and you can't be driven by caution / all the time. // It is extremely easy / to be lulled into inaction. // We are all facing / an increasingly competitive global economy. // You can't beat the competition / by standing still. // Indecision / really / is your enemy. // I am actually baffled / by how much time and effort / is put into standing still. // I call that motion no progress. // There are / - there are dozens of reasons / not to do something, / okay, / and the easy things are often hardly worth doing. // It's really the tough decisions, / the game / changing / decisions, / that generate the most return. //That's true / in both the smallest / and the largest companies. // It bears repeating. // Some of Oracle's greatest competitive successes / have come simultaneously / from our willingness to take risk / and from our competitor's inability to make decisions. // And if you want to beat the / -the competition / and you want to advance your career personally, / you need / to make / decisions / and take actions. // If you make decisions quickly / and you make a mistake, / you very well / may have a chance to fix it. // If you wait too long, / I tell you, / the decision will make itself / and any change will be impossible. //