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The Inside and Outside View

The Inside and Outside View

We sometimes make bad decisions because we are too much into the weeds in our head. There are 2 main views we hold:

  • The inside view - our evaluation of our specific situation.
  • The outside view - how things generally unfold in situations like ours.

The outside view is more accurate, but most people gravitate toward the inside view.

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