QUICK TIPS FOR GETTING TO GRIPS WITH A WORLD IN HYPER-DRIVE
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Commit to becoming an Empowered Decision-Maker.
• See the Ten Steps as the tool kit to help you in this quest. The Tips that follow will get you thinking — they will get you started on your journey. We will develop them further as the book progresses.
Become aware that we have to make over 10,000 decisions a day. Begin to think about which of these you actually need to make, and whether you are really prioritising the important ones.
• Start thinking about how it is you make decisions. Do you consult others and gather a range of opinions, or do you take everything upon yourself? Do you make decisions quickly? Or do you tend to want to mull options over first?
• Start noting who or what typically influences the choices that you
make.
Acknowledge that smart decision-making needs time and space. Begin to think about how you can reshape your environment to achieve this. How can you limit distractions and disruptions? Can you take technology-free Sabbaths? Can you initiate a new policy at work that limits who is cc’d on emails and under which circum- stances?
Start considering how you have typically viewed experts and conventional big hitters until now. Do you tend to accept their views and ideas without question?
