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- Unlimited Time
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- Guarantee that it will work
- Unlimited budget
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Congrats on making your perfect decision! Woohoo!
Clearly, this is unrealistic. The likelihood of making the perfect decision is zero. Never will happen. Not even on Mars. (Actually especially if you’re on Mars).
But for the rest of us , you can make better decisions by asking yourself some questions:
- What are your current options?
- How can you widen the option pool?
- If you are thinking of choosing one option over another, then why not think of choosing both?
- Can you test those assumptions behind the decision?
- What’s the base rate of success?
- Are you too emotionally involved in the decision?
- When will you evaluate your decision to see if you’re on track? (My favorite question)
These questions surface your biases, the ones you normally ignore. For a deeper look into what questions can help, read Decisive by the Heath Brothers. It’s phenomenal!
What’s holding you back from making a near perfect decision today?
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