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How to synthesize information from multiple books
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Spend time on defining the problem
Solution? Spend less time trying to amass all the information and more time better defining the problem so you can find the right information.
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A good decision now, on imperfect data
Being able to make decisions when you know you have imperfect data is so critical. I was always taught that “A good decision now is better than a perfect decision in two days.” Many people I know in business recoil at that statement. Many colleagues in graduate school had come from places where t...
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Intuition on expertise
A new study from researchers at Rice University, George Mason University and Boston College suggests you should trust your gut — but only if you’re an expert… Across both studies, participants who possessed expertise within the task domain performed on average just as well intuitively as analytic...
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Outside perspective
If I had to give advice across many aspects of life, I would ask people to take what’s called “the outside perspective.” And the outside perspective is easily thought about: “What would you do if you made the recommendation for another person?” And I find that often when we’re recommending someth...
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Write key decisions
Whenever you make a key decision or take a key action, write down what you expect will happen. Nine or 12 months later, compare the actual results with your expectations… Practiced consistently, this simple method will show you within a fairly short period of time, maybe two or three years, where...
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Keeping Score
Don’t trust your memory. Write it down. Make it a game . See where you score highly and not so highly.
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