Embrace Accountability and Feedback Loops for Improved Decision Making

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Our brains tend to rationalize our thoughts and actions, even for the most well-intentioned individuals. To combat this, it is essential to hold oneself accountable by writing down thoughts and predictions. By comparing actual outcomes to initial predictions, individuals can identify mistakes, adjust their thinking, and improve decision-making for the future. Creating a feedback loop that allows for adjusting hypotheses is crucial in avoiding the trap of constant rationalization.

This is business writing like you’ve never seen it before.

Sam Corcos is the founder of a $300 million company called Levels. He’s built a culture of intellectual rigor by hiring excellent writers and giving them time to think on paper. But don’t get it twisted — a successful “writing-first work culture” is far more than grammatically correct Slack messages and the occasional memo.

“95% of people would not be happy working in the culture that we’ve built. And the 5% who would be have been looking for this their entire lives.” – Sam

In this episode, we go deep (and I mean, deep) into what makes business writing work. Sam reveals how to use writing to: