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10 Ways to Make the Right Decision and The One Trick to Keep You in Check
Have you ever been wrong about something?
Decision-making is hard. You do your own research, gauge the options, and second-guess your decisions but at the end of the day, you can never be 100% positive you took the right fork on the road.
Reality is just too complex. Prediction models are run by sophisticated algorithms on powerful computers and yet, fail more than they care to admit.
Whether you are choosing a new job, a partner, or trying to validate a hypothesis, the path forward is always far from obvious.
These 10 strategies I use to filter out the options and chose the optimal solution and the one technique that never fails to deliver.
1. The Scientific Method
When you are facing a problem it is advisable to generate several hypotheses and then check each one thoroughly until you have a winner.
It sounds obvious, but very few people do it, and this includes CEOs, politicians, and high-ranking officers.
The gut feeling is still the default method in decision making and this leads to many failures with costly consequences.
