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Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
The emotion default: we tend to respond to feelings rather than reasons and facts. 2. The ego default: we tend to react to anything that threatens our sense of self-worth or our position in a group hierarchy. 3. The social default: we tend to conform to the norms of our larger social group. 4. The inertia default: we’re habit forming and comfort se
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Glenn Goodrich added 4mo ago
Self-confidence is the strength to focus on what’s right instead of who’s right. It’s the strength to face reality. It’s the strength to admit mistakes, and the strength to change your mind. Self-confidence is what it takes to be on the right side of right. Outcome over ego.
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People go fast in operational environments. If you insert too much process into decisions, you miss the expiring windows of opportunity. But fast-paced environments are a feast for defaults. You need to slow down—but not too much—and use a combination of judgment, principles, and safeguards to make sure you’re getting to the best answer possible an
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Glenn Goodrich added 4mo ago
My friend Tim Urban has a good metaphor to explain this concept. In the restaurant business, there are chefs and there are line cooks.[2] Both can follow a recipe. When things go according to plan, there is no difference in the process or the result. But when things go wrong, the chef knows why. The line cook often does not. The chef has cultivated
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safeguard: Evaluate the motivations and incentives of your sources. Remember that everyone sees things from a limited perspective.
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Glenn Goodrich added 4mo ago
the hiex principle: Get high-expertise (HiEx) information, which comes both from people with a lot of knowledge and/or experience in a specific area, and from people with knowledge and experience in many areas.
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Glenn Goodrich added 4mo ago
safeguard: Take time to distinguish real experts from imitators. Not everyone who claims to be an expert is. Take the time to know the difference.
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When circumstances are easy, it’s hard to distinguish ordinary people from extraordinary ones, or to see the extraordinary within ourselves. As the Roman slave Publilius Syrus once said, “Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.”
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Glenn Goodrich added 4mo ago
safeguard: Imagine that one of the options is off the table. Take each of the options you’re considering, and one at a time, ask yourself, “What would I do if that were not possible?”
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