Daniel Pink shares five decision-making techniques: ask what you'd tell a friend, imagine what your replacement would do, turn "how" questions into "why," focus on where you contribute most, and use Derek Sivers' "hell yes or no" rule to commit only to things you genuinely want.
Number 1, ask yourself, what would I tell my best friend to do? Very quickly, you will know, because you're putting yourself outside of yourself and looking at your problem like an outsider. Number 2, when you are in a tough spot at work, ask yourself, if you were replaced tomorrow, what would your successor do? It's almost certainly to be a little bit bolder, to be a little bit tougher, to do the harder things. Third technique, my suggestion to you is twice a week, when you're stuck, Convert the how to a why. How can I finish writing this? How can I make this video better? Take a step back and say, why am I writing this? Why am I making this video? Forget about asking yourself what your passion is. Ask yourself instead, where can I make my biggest contribution? Number 5, I got this one from Derek Sivers. A lot of times we are enticed and seduced by opportunities. You have 2 choices: hell yes, Or no? And if it's not a hell yes, it has to be a no. Because you know what? Your heart's not fully in it. And when your heart's not fully in it, you're not going to do a good job.
