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Andy Grove, Intel's late CEO, used a trick for tough decisions: ask yourself what your successor would do. The psychological distance helps you see the problem clearly. It works for business lines, hiring, and career moves.
Andy Grove, Intel's late CEO, used a trick for tough decisions: ask yourself what your successor would do. The psychological distance helps you see the problem clearly. It works for business lines, hiring, and career moves.
Hey, here's a great technique for making decisions in your business. It comes from the late Andy Grove, who for many years was the CEO of Intel. When he found himself stuck or unsure or indecisive, he would ask himself this question: What would my successor do? What would my successor do? This is a great example of what's called self-distancing, where we get some remove from our own problems, we see the big picture, we don't get caught up in the details. So I use this all the time here at Pink Inc. world headquarters. Give it a try too. So when you're trying to make a decision about entering a new line of business or dealing with an employee or even, you know, changing your career, ask yourself, what would my successor do? And the answer often is clear.
