How Do You Know if You're Making a Decision?

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I think the most important thing that people have to understand is how undoable is a decision. If an idea is fully undoable I want people to almost you know make it as quickly as they can. Your skill in decision making is directly proportional to your quality of information acquisition. And then lastly one thing I started really early which has been exceptionally useful is when and ever since this decision of turning shop to find a growth company occurred. It became very very obvious. So if your job is to make decisions it's worth treating it like any other kind of thing to get better at.

This episode is packed with wisdom from previous guests on the art of making better decisions.

We discuss the three types of decision-makers, how to control your emotions when making decisions, why it’s crucial to look at every decision differently, the processes for coming to the right decision, and how to learn from your mistakes when you get it wrong.

The guests on this episode are author Ventakesh Rao (Episode 7), psychologist, author and professional poker player Maria Konnikova (Episode 89), Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison (Episode 32), cognitive-behavioral decision science author and professional poker player Annie Duke (Episode 37), and Shopify co-founder Tobi Lutke (Episode 41). Transcript: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast-transcripts/tkp-insights-decision-making/

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