There is no class called “decision making.” Making better decisions isn’t one skill but rather a series of tools and frameworks. What distinguishes consistently good decision-makers from poor ones is a series of diverse mental frameworks and tools (as well as relevant specific information).

No one Taught you How to Decide

These are the skills that will help you to take better decisions

Add to your Decision-Making Skills

Stupidity is overlooking or dismissing conspicuously crucial information. Here are seven situational factors that compromise your cognitive ability and result in increased odds of stupidity.

How Not To Be Stupid 

The decision matrix is a powerful tool to help you prioritize which decisions deserve your attention as a leader, and which should be delegated. Here’s how you can start using it today.

The Decision Matrix: How to Prioritize What Matters 

— William James said, “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” No truer words have been spoken.

Keeping Things Simple and Tuning Out Folly

Learning to make smart decisions helps you get better results. This guide is packed with time-tested real world tools you can use today.

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stop doing ‘fake work’ and start doing the ‘real work’. To be able to achieve it . You can follow this simple steps

Break The Procrastination Cycle 

When you feel averse to a specific task, literally anything else will feel really tempting (taking out the bins, writing an email to your friend, cooking a 3-course meal). So, ruthlessly prioritise the exact task you’re putting off. The longer you let it wait, the more you’ll associate that task with stress and failure... making it even harder to start.

Make It Your Top Priority

Choose a block of time (sooner rather than later) to do the work, and put it in your calendar. This won’t automatically get you to do the thing. But it'll protect your time, and take away the “I just don’t have enough time” excuse. Bonus point if you set up a notification for 30 minutes before the time.

📅 Put It In Your Calendar

The startup world has this concept of ‘minimum viable product’. What’s the most basic (yet functional) version of your product that you can create and test out? This lets you get real-world feedback faster, and stop being a perfectionist (it’s just a crappy first draft after all). You also get momentum from actually doing something tangible.

🏗 Take The MVP Approach

The MVP method is incredibly helpful for overcoming procrastination. Aim to do the most basic version of the task you’re procrastinating on

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This all boils down to one piece of advice: take the most direct route to your goal. Sure you'll mistakes. But that'll accelerate your progress more than just tweaking your master plan and making no mistakes at all.

Final Point 

In a world where it easy to procastinate. This interesting stuff of Ali abdaal is very helpful 

I’m Ali. I’m a doctor, YouTuber and podcaster. On this site we explore the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier, more productive lives.

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