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Why People Fail to Make Important Choices
The thing about smart people is that they tend to think that if they think really hard about something, they might figure it out, when the truth is, in strategy (and life in general), there is never one right answer. Strategy requires making choices about a future that is not yet known. I’m one of those people that tends to over-intellectualize thi... See more
Things I'm thinking about
Always consider whether there is a better question. 2. Consider what might be missing. 3. For important decisions don’t think twice, think thrice. 4. Use checklists. 5. Develop your own decision making frameworks and keep decision journals. 6. Think like a scientist would. The focus of the ‘scientific method’ is on empirical and measurable evidence
... See moreLaurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. There's no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing these kinds of conundrums.
Riverhead Books • Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
On the pathless path, once you open yourself up to possibilities and start experimenting with different ways of working and living, the biggest problem is the paradox of choice. There are too many interesting things worth doing and too many places to visit. To prioritize, developing a set of principles to help you make decisions is essential.