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Understanding the importance of decision-making
Identifying biases that affect decision-making
Analyzing the potential outcomes of a decision
To use 10/10/10, think about your decisions on three different time frames: How will I feel about it 10 minutes from now? How about 10 months from now? How about 10 years from now?
Conducting a 10/10/10 analysis doesn’t presuppose that the long-term perspective is the right one. It simply ensures that short-term emotion isn’t the only voice at the table.
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Focusing is great for analyzing alternatives but terrible for spotting them. When we focus we sacrifice peripheral vision.
Multitracking involves considering several options simultaneously. Multitracking has another advantage too, one that is more unexpected. It feels better.
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When we make bad decisions is usually because of these 4:
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It describes the process that “wraps” around your usual way of making decisions, helping to protect you from some of the villains and biases related to decision making:
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We sometimes make bad decisions because we are too much into the weeds in our head. There are 2 main views we hold:
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Our decisions are often altered by two subtle short-term emotions:
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Before making a decision, considers how you’ll feel about this decision in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years.
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Ask yourself three questions to help you project yourself in the future:
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