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The "Right" Thing
- Do not regret making mistakes, just learn the lesson and move on.
- Inaction is more serious than a bad decision.
- Life has suffering build-in at times, and worthwhile accomplishments take time, energy, and sacrifice.
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Overlooking Failure
Societies with a bias towards success, that are idolizing of successful people usually overlook the decisions that led to failure.
We tend to overlook cases that did not come with a successful outcome. And when we do look at failure, we are often quick to explain why things failed.
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Mental Models
The way you look at how something works in the real world is called a mental model. It’s your thinking framework about something.
But when we make decisions, we often don’t think about our framework and immediately jump to a discussion about potential outcomes.
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Avoiding Regret
We can never predict the future, but we can make decisions we don’t regret.
If we focus on the thinking process, we will always know we did the right thing, so even a bad outcome will not lead to regret.
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Decisions And Subjectivism
There are no set or fixed good or bad decisions.
The same good decisions become bad decisions if they lead to failure, otherwise, they are lauded.
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Focus On The Process
Too often, we skip the process and jump right to deciding. Maybe that’s due to a lack of time, resources, or knowledge— it doesn’t matter.
Whatever your reason is, it’s never an excuse to skip the decision-making process altogether. Because that’s the only way to become a bad decision maker...
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The “What The Hell” Effect
This means that once we’ve mis-stepped, we use it as justification to go all out. One bad decision can snowball into bigger consequences, making us temporarily lose sight of our ultimate goal.
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The lesson learned from 'Pride and Prejudice'
One of the best novels of all time, 'Pride and Prejudice' has a great lesson to teach us all: learn from your mistakes. Just as the characters admit their mistakes and act accordingly, one should always consider the things done wrongly and try to correct them before it is too late.
Make Better Choices
- Seek good information. Be skeptic and never just assume that what you’re being told is always true.
- Avoid common pitfalls, like making decisions without enough time or information.
- Look at previous mistakes so you learn from them.
- Check in with yo...
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