Decision Making

The best way to manage the myriad decisions of the modern age is by employing “philosophical razors,” so-called because they shave away options, simplifying choices.

Fourth, your decisions will change you. For example, sometimes a taking up a lifestyle renders you incapable of enjoying it any longer…it is literally impossible for you to understand the meaning of a decision until you directly experience its consequences.

A way to prop up this kind of humility is to keep score. Use a decision journal. Write in your own words what you think will happen and why before a decision. Refer back to it later. See if you were right, and for the right reasons (think Bill Belichick’s famous 4th down decision against Indianapolis in 2009 which summarizes to: good decision,... See more