Zero-Based Thinking: Principles For Making Better Life Decisions - Deepstash
Zero-Based Thinking: Principles For Making Better Life Decisions

Zero-Based Thinking: Principles For Making Better Life Decisions

Curated from: medium.com

Ideas, facts & insights covering these topics:

4 ideas

Β·

8.64K reads

40

Explore the World's Best Ideas

Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.

Zero-based thinking

Zero-based thinking

It gives us the rare opportunity to ask ourselves if there anything in our lives that we should do more of, less of, start or stop.

It is aΒ decision thinking technique developed by Brian Tracy.

768

2.66K reads

Difficult decisions

Difficult decisions

Difficult decisions are mostly about weighing the long and short term values. Making objective decisions is difficult because we are biased towards short-term rewards and pre-existing beliefs.

582

2.25K reads

Optimal choices

Ask yourself, knowing what you know now,Β is there anything you are doing today that you wouldn't do again if you were able to? Β 

Be willing to stop doing what no longer works. Sometimes it is best to cut your losses and try something else. Be prepared to take risks and understand the potential failure that goes with a new course of action.

702

1.8K reads

Question everything

Zero-based thinking opens up a world of possibilities that you might not otherwise consider. It helps you to think hard about your choices.

  • Applying ZBT to your budget: Carefully decide how you would like to spend or invest your money as if you are starting from scratch.
  • Applying ZBT to your schedule: What if you had no time commitments? How would you spend your time that you find enjoyable, exciting, and fulfilling?

662

1.92K reads

IDEAS CURATED BY

paupau

Sometimes, all you need to do is look at things from a different perspective.

Paul 's ideas are part of this journey:

A Job Seeker's Guide

Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection

How to write an effective resume

How to network and make connections

How to prepare for a job interview

Related collections

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

β€”

100+ Learning Journeys

β€”

Access to 200,000+ ideas

β€”

Access to the mobile app

β€”

Unlimited idea saving

β€”

β€”

Unlimited history

β€”

β€”

Unlimited listening to ideas

β€”

β€”

Downloading & offline access

β€”

β€”

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates