911. Decide, Delegate, Schedule, or Kill It: Clearing Decision Debt

No Days Off with Brian Gubernick · Sep 25, 2026 · 8m

Brian discusses a liability that never shows up on a balance sheet but charges interest every single week: decision debt. Every choice an owner puts off keeps costing something. It costs attention, it leaves a team unsure which way to go, and it leaves work sitting and waiting. Brian also discusses why this problem gets worse with success rather than better, and why keeping options open feels safe while quietly slowing everything down. He walks through the warning signs that decision debt is compounding inside a business, and he shares a simple weekly method for paying it down, including the…