I was co-CEO of a $100 million company. Here’s how my sense of urgency nearly killed it

Over the course of a long career, I’ve made my share of mistakes, but the dumbest and most damaging ones have always been driven by urgency. Whenever I convinced myself that an opportunity was so great I had to “strike while the iron is hot,” boneheaded decisions inevitably followed, usually ending in some crushing failure. Of course, nobody ever tells you that because “creating a sense of urgency” is supposed to be a good thing. It leads to action, and action feels good. Deliberation, on the...