Diffuse and Focused Thinking
Diffuse thinking produces options and draws connections. Focused thinking narrows things down to a specific path.Use them both, and watch for when they collide.📮 Ask a QuestionIf you enjoyed this epi...
26 Sep 20227min
Why It's Hard to Do Nothing
Doing nothing seems like it would be easy... But it seems that action is often easier than doing nothing.Sometimes, perhaps often, action is the right choice. However, if there is no reason to believe...
21 Sep 20225min
Demystifying Decision-Making - Success is Not Just About Making Good Decisions
You are not the sum of your decisions. Making better decisions often relies on having a long list of mistakes to learn from.📮 Ask a QuestionIf you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a ...
19 Sep 20229min
What You Have In Common With the Smartest Person In the World
How does the smartest person in the world solve the most complex problems that most mathemeticians can't even understand?The same way you write code and build features at your job. The principles alwa...
15 Sep 20229min
A Way Out of Overwhelm
Choose one thing. Only one important thing. Do that over and over. That's your way out of overwhelm.📮 Ask a QuestionIf you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have o...
12 Sep 20229min
Understand Position and Interest To Make Better Collaborative Decisions
What people ask for is not the same as why they ask for it. What people want isn't as simple as what they say they want.Understanding the why is critical - the interest is just as important as the pos...
9 Sep 20227min
Future Thinking Is Not Planning For A Single Course of Events
People often erroneously plan for specific futures. This leads down a pathway to failure most times.This is because the future is rarely what we expect it to be. We can think in terms of multiple poss...
5 Sep 20227min
Balancing Decision Frames
Making good decisions is about tuning context. If you can't determine the context that matters, the decision itself is impossible to measure against. All decisions can be framed within a context with ...
31 Aug 20229min
