Tag: decision making
Feeling responsible of a failure
When you have too many options, you become responsible for what happens to you. The Paradox of choice Continue reading Feeling responsible of a failure
Prioritize
When everything is important nothing is. Two things can be important but they can’t be both the most important. Continue reading Prioritize
Amp It Up!
This is a copy of the blog post by Frank Slootman. As the former CEO of both Data Domain and ServiceNow, two successful tech companies in recent years, I am often confronted with questions: what did you guys do? What is the secret sauce? How did you do it? We never thought of ourselves as that different. We certainly didn’t think we had stumbled on a silver bullet. Did we just get incredibly lucky twice in a row? With hindsight and reflection, there are observations worth making that may benefit others. Bottom line: There is room up in organizations to … Continue reading Amp It Up!
It’s either ‘insanely great’, or it’s ‘total shit’.
There is no middle ground. -Steve Jobs Continue reading It’s either ‘insanely great’, or it’s ‘total shit’.
Choose carefully what is worth stressing for.
One of the worst thing in life is stress. It kills you much more than junk food or lack of exercising. Let’s say you buy an expensive car (90k) while you make 200k per year. Because you salary is high but not crazy high in relation to your car’s value, you will stress when you hit a puddle. Your heart will stop if you drive fast over a bump. You will get mad and stressed if someone hit your car. Don’t make the double mistake of buying an expensive car and stress for it. Get a beater, whether that’s an … Continue reading Choose carefully what is worth stressing for.
Satisficer vs Maximizer, a key to happiness
The goal of maximizing is a great source of dissatisfaction. Because it is a daunting task to look for the best. And even once you made a decision, you are still questioning your decision, maybe there was a better option somewhere. The opposite is satisficing. Where you will settle for something that is good enough and not worry about the possibility that there might something better elsewhere. In our world with an increasing number of choices, the need to gather information is rapidly overwhelming. According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon, when all the costs (time, money and anguish) are … Continue reading Satisficer vs Maximizer, a key to happiness
Motion, not direction
If you need to leave a desert island. Most probably you don’t know where to go. You don’t see the mainland. But if you build a boat and start sailing, you have more chances of finding the right direction. It will be much easier to change directions once you have a boat and naviguate than to build one. -Shaan Puri Continue reading Motion, not direction
Vivid Interviews weight much more than thousands of written reviews.
It’s called availability heuristic. The more frequent an information is seen, the more available to the memory it is. But also, the salience or vividness of that information makes it easily come to mind. -Barry SchwartzThe Paradox of choice (p.59) Continue reading Vivid Interviews weight much more than thousands of written reviews.
Impatience with actions, Patience with results.
Never wait to take an action, jump right in. Have impatience for action. But then, be very patient. Play the long game. Do not expect/hope for instant ramen results. -Shaan Puri Continue reading Impatience with actions, Patience with results.
Roadmap to Billions 