How I increased my probability of making the right decisions

I seem to make a lot of decisions. Decisions as a business owner, business partner, husband and father.

I’d like to make good decisions. By that I mean decisions that have more upside than downside. Decisions where the probability of expected value is higher than the probability of expected loss.

Most decisions I make feel like a “good” decision at the time. Yet fast-forward a few months when the outcome of the decision is apparent and I can’t remember the context and assumptions I based the decision on. This started to feel like a massive hole in my decision making skillset.

How would I know if the decision really was the right one? And how could I make better decisions in the future?

In January I stumbled across the concept of a decision journal on Shane Parrish’s blog, Farnam Street. It’s a simple idea that’s levelled up my decision making.

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