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Making better decisions

Making better decisions

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Making better decisions

- One rule for navigating changing, uncertain circumstances is that you really shouldn't jump on the first solution that occurs to you. That's fine to do when things are operating the way they always have. Yeah, 2 + 2 = 4, of course. But when conditions are changing, relying on the same assumptions or action plans can be a damaging mistake. We have to guard against our own mental tendencies here as well. The more uncertain a situation is, the more we crave certainty, so there's a real risk that our minds will settle on a quick, easy, pat solution before we even consciously interrogate the situation to understand how it's different. To prevent those lazy heuristics from misguiding us, then, we have to slow things down and put a process in place. The more we consciously examine the situation, the more we can evaluate whether the old way is still the best way. Here are three questions to ask yourself, then, as you're…

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