decision making

First impressions matter

Storytelling bias

Escape competition by being impossible to replicate

The Strategic Quitting Framework is a decision-making tool that helps individuals and organizatio...

Quit the right things, at the right time, to achieve success

Quit the wrong stuff, stick with the right stuff

Make choices with clarity and purpose

Focus on what matters

Observe to improve

Process info quickly

Say yes only to what excites you

Think Rationally

Sort people into quadrants based on influence and authority

See through company walls

Find the best doable option

Find good enough

Find the Best Option

Collaborative decision-making

Act with reservation

Prioritizing the future

Solve 85% of the problem

Impatience in decision-making

Bet on the afterlife

A strategy for motivating soldiers to risk their lives

A strategy for managing risk in a Vickrey auction

A strategy for reducing the risk of harm in a duel

Think ahead to make better decisions

Anticipate the actions of others

Evaluate from the other side's perspective

Expediency over analysis

Majority Rule

Small steps lead to big falls

Eliminate dominated strategies

Simplifying Games

When self-interest leads to bad outcomes

Considering multiple perspectives

Synthesizing science and art

Think forward, reason backward

Visualize Strategic Situations

Anticipate outcomes

The art of selective elimination

Strategic decision making

Outdo your adversary

Embrace both extremes simultaneously instead of choosing between them - reject false dichotomies to build enduring greatness

When the future is uncertain, let strategy emerge through learning; when the path is clear, execute deliberately

Making small, reversible decisions that move toward the goal without over-committing, allowing continuous assessment and adjustment as new information emerges

Physically and mentally stepping back from the chaos to gain the perspective needed to lead effectively and make better decisions

Strip away the noise of a venture deal and you are left with exactly two levers: economics and control

Replace cost accounting with three measures -- throughput, inventory, and operating expense -- to make decisions that actually improve profitability

A real-time feedback system where meeting participants continuously rate each other's attributes, enabling believability-weighted collective decision making