Get An Outsider's Opinion
The power of the outsider comes from escaping the cognitive biases we all fall victim to.
Main benefits:
- Reducing your overconfidence about what you know.
- Reducing the time it takes to make the decision.
- Bringing light to our thinking errors.
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