Decision making
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MAKING BETTER DECISIONS
Some career decisions deserve a spreadsheet, three conversations and a long walk. Others deserve about five minutes.
The trick is knowing which is which. And then knowing what to do next.
That’s what this Learning Journey is for. Not to make the decision for you, but to help you get better at making it:
- Sort: Decide how much time and energy this choice actually deserves.
- Widen: Get beyond the options already in front of you.
- Know Your Style: Understand how you tend to make decisions.
- Live with Your Decision: Learn from what happens next.
- Sell: Make the case when other people need to buy in.
1. Sort It
How much does this decision actually deserve from you?
We tend to spend a surprising amount of time worrying about decisions we can easily change, while some of the choices that really matter barely register as decisions at all.
Start here: How to Be Great at Making Decisions
Katie Stanfield introduces the hat, haircut and tattoo framework and shows how reversibility can help you decide how much time and energy a choice deserves.
Go Deeper: The Decisions That Don’t Look Like Decisions
Some career decisions come with an offer letter and a deadline. Others look like a Tuesday.
Try it: Hat, Haircut, or Tattoo?
Use Forté’s decision worksheet to think through a decision you’re facing right now.
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