Clear Thinking
by Shane Parrish
Parrish identifies the defaults that sabotage thinking, emotion, ego, social pressure and inertia, and offers safeguards and decision processes to counter them. It is a synthesis of ideas from his long-running blog, organized and practical. The section on building strength through standards and exemplars is good.
Read it if…
you make important decisions and want a practical framework for getting out of your own way.
Skip it if…
you have read widely in decision-making; much here is synthesis.
Three things you will actually use
- Create space between stimulus and response.
- Set rules in advance so you do not negotiate with yourself.
- Run a pre-mortem on important choices.
Do this first
Before your next significant decision, write down what would make it a bad one in hindsight.
Our verdict
Clear, organized and useful; a good decision primer.
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