We have a natural tendency to favour the inside view—our own independent solution to a problem that incorporates all of our hidden biases.
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We have a natural tendency to favour the inside view—our own independent solution to a problem that incorporates all of our hidden biases.
To make better decisions, we should favour the outside view—one that incorporates the best available data.
Describes the thinking process we go through—often subconsciously—to get from a fact to a decision or action.
To make better decisions, we should move slowly and deliberately from the bottom of the ladder to the top of the ladder.
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The more confidence you have in the importance of a problem and your understanding of its solution, the more you should focus on quality.
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The antidote to confirmation bias.
It involves forcing yourself to view a decision from the opposite viewpoint or finding people who disagree with you.
It forces you to create a more compelling argument.
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Involves assuming that your decision has failed and working backwards to determine what the potential causes were.
This process has multiple benefits:
• Removes overconfidence and irrational optimism
• Reveals blind spots
• Simplifies thinking
h/t @KleInsight
Regardless of success or failure, this can be used to drive continuous improvement in your decision-making.
Here, you ask:
• What went well?
• What went poorly?
• What can be improved next time?
With the answers, future decisions will be better informed.
These are tree-like graphs with the branches showing results of possible choices for a given decision or action.
The decision tree allows options to be compared against each other, for both risk and return.
They're particularly helpful for financial decisions.
Information overload is when you have too much information at hand.
This causes decisions to take too long.
It also leads to 'analysis paralysis' where your decision-making suffers paralysis because you over-analyze the body of information available.
It's the paradox of choice: having too many good options slows us down because the best one isn't clear.
Remember: by not making a choice, you are actually making a choice: the status quo.
A model to cope with this: reversible vs. irreversible decisions.
Irreversible decisions are 'one-way doors.'
They must be made slowly and deliberately.
Reversible decisions are 'two-way doors.'
These decisions can and should be made quickly.
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If stuck with 2 equal options, pick the one that feels like it will produce the most luck later down the line.
Should I stay in tonight or should I go and meet this interesting stranger?
Choose to increase your surface area of luck when you have the choice.
Your 80-year-old self helps you makes decisions you won't regret when you're old.
Your 10-year-old self reminds you to stay foolish and have some fun along the way.
h/t - @SahilBloom
A concept from tennis, 'unforced error' is a metaphor for any situation where an avoidable mistake is made.
The first goal of decision-making should always be to minimize unforced errors.
How?
Sound judgement and decision making techniques.
The biggest mistake when judging performance is only looking at the outcome.
Instead, we should focus on the process used.
It's possible to win with a bad decision making process (luck) or lose with a good process.
What's important is knowing the 'Why.'
We're all guilty of making decisions without thinking about long term consequences.
To avoid this, ask:
• How will I feel about this 10 minutes from now?
• 10 months from now?
• 10 years from now?
This helps clarify the decision that results in a win/win/win.
Tell me, what would you add?
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