Make choices more deliberately instead of by impulse.
never attributing to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity or neglect
projecting yourself into the future to see which choice you'd regret least at age 80
making decisions only within the areas where you have genuine knowledge and experience
repeatedly asking 'why' to peel away symptoms and find the root cause of a problem
focusing on successes while ignoring the 'invisible' failures that used the same strategy
ensuring decision-makers share in the risks and consequences of their choices
choosing the simplest explanation or solution with the fewest assumptions
the decline in the quality of choices made after a long session of decision-making
sorting problems into clear, complicated, complex, or chaotic contexts to determine action
breaking a problem down to its fundamental truths and building up from there
approaching a problem by considering how to avoid the worst possible outcome
categorizing tasks by urgency and importance to prioritize action
choosing the first option that meets the minimum criteria rather than the optimal one
favoring information that confirms your existing beliefs while ignoring contradictions
imagining a project has failed and working backward to determine the causes
considering the consequences of the consequences of a decision
a 'one-way door' choice that is difficult or impossible to undo
continuing an endeavor only because of past resources already spent
overthinking a decision to the point that no choice is made
considering how you will feel in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years
focusing on the 20% of causes that produce 80% of the results
the value of what you give up by choosing something else
a choice that can be undone with limited cost
list likely benefits and drawbacks before choosing