Peak Decisiveness
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Peak Decisiveness
Considering what motivates the decisions of others, especially when those decisions affect you, is also essential. Incentives matter. Take a negotiation course, because skilled negotiators are masters at figuring out what is important to the other party and arriving at mutually beneficial solutions. Even if you are not dealing directly with another
... See moreMichael J. Mauboussin • Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
In Homegoing, One of Gyasi’s wisdom spoke to me: "If in the moment of doing you felt clarity, you felt certainty, then why feel regret later?” It’s about choices in life, the feeling of regret, but also about the sense of clarity. It speaks on moment of doing. How do you know if you feel a sense of clarity when doing? It draws again on paying atten... See more
What I'm learning is that it is important to be decisive and go after what you want, but at the same time let go of wanting things to work out a certain way.
Some might describe this as not being attached to outcomes. I call this the willingness to let life surprise me, or the willingness to live in a world of 'maybe'.
Some might describe this as not being attached to outcomes. I call this the willingness to let life surprise me, or the willingness to live in a world of 'maybe'.
Julian Wong • Forever lessons
Our emotions and intuitions are not something to be set aside, they are among the best tools we have in determining what to work on in this world, how to live, and how to aim towards a better sense of belonging. Learning to tame your emotions through willpower is helpful, but your emotions themselves are still an asset. They are a tool to be cultiv... See more
Simon Sarris • Stoicism Is Not Enough
If I must bear the consequences of my choices alone, if there is no one whose counsel I trust, then it becomes especially tempting to seek both perfect knowledge and certainty before acting, and find myself paralyzed in their absence.
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • The Answer Is Not More Information
I may choose to follow certain general directions in my life, but I can’t force myself to stick to them. To avoid this problem, many of us try to convert our long-term decisions into real-world constraints of some kind.