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Making Better Decisions
How to prioritize what matters, and how good decisions are made.
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How to make good decisions
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Nudge
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Daniel Kahneman
Chip Heath
Dan Heath
Cass R. Sunstein
Richard H. Thaler
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The Eisenhower Matrix
The Eisenhower Matrix is a productivity, prioritization, and time-management framework designed to help you prioritize a list of tasks or agenda items by first categorizing those items according to their urgency and importance.
The decision matrx is a version of the Eisenhower Matrix, which helps you distinguish between what’s important and what’s urgent, in a simple and easy to understand way.
It’s so simple you can draw it on a napkin, and once you get it, you get it.
While it won’t make the decisions for you, it will help you quickly identify which decisions you should focus on.
The Decision Matrix
Decisions can be classified as:
- Irreversible and inconsequential
- Irreversible and consequential
- Reversible and inconsequential
- Reversible and consequential
The great thing about the matrix is that it can help you quickly delegate decisions. You do have to do a bit of mental work before you start, such as defining and communicating consequentiality and reversibility, as well as where the blurring lines are.
A checklist for faster, better decisions
- Write down 3 existing company goals impacted by the decision;
- Write down at least 3 realistic alternatives;
- Write down the most important information you are missing;
- Write down the impact your decision will have 1 year in the future;
- Involve a team of 2-6 stakeholders;
- Write down what was decided, as well as why and how much the team supports the decision;
- Schedule a decision follow-up in one to two months.
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