decision making

understanding how to get better at decision making

“If you can't decide, the answer is no”
— Naval Ravikant, entrepreneur

We make a big choice, like a house, job, spouse, or dog. We think about the thing itself: the look of the house, what the job pays, what a sweet dog. But a choice has so many cascading consequences. One big choice shapes a hundred little others. I try to imagine the ripple effects — the later details that make the day-to-day difference.

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one big choice shapes a hundred more | Derek Sivers

The Rarest Thing You Possess

Shane fs.blog

If you ask other people about every decision you make, you’re going to end up doing exactly what everyone else does and getting the same results that everyone else gets.

Shane • The Rarest Thing You Possess

Quando você não sabe no que acredita, qualquer argumento passa a ser válido. Tudo é passível de debate. Mas, quando luta por algo, as decisões passam a ser óbvias.

Jason Fried • Reinvente Sua Empresa

O Sistema 1 opera automática e rapidamente, com pouco ou nenhum esforço e nenhuma percepção de controle voluntário.

Daniel Kahneman • Rápido E Devagar

Q: Como opera o Sistema 1 em nossa mente?
A: Opera de forma rápida e automática, sem que percebamos nenhum esforço ou controle voluntário.

O principal pecado capital, portanto, é o da covardia, do pânico em relação ao que deve ser feito, ao que se precisa enfrentar, ao que se precisa viver. Isso envelhece bastante. A preguiça envelhece. → (Vivemos mais! Vivemos bem? P. 13)

Mario Sergio Cortella • O Melhor Do Cortella

DECISION-MAKING IS centered around gathering information, assessing it, and deciding what is pertinent for your specific situation, and what is the right decision for that moment. It may not work out, but knowing that you made the most informed, thoughtful, and intelligent decision based on the information you could gather at the time is all that y