Brian JohnsonChairman & Philosopher in Residence at Heroic

Finding clarity in making decisions.

22 May 2023 · 1 min

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Brian Johnson presents practical guidance for finding clarity when making decisions: test hypotheses with small, low-cost actions ('fire bullets before you fire a cannonball'), clarify what you truly want by writing it down, and iterate—taking modest daily actions tends to increase (but not perfect) clarity about next steps.

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Can you take limited action, fire bullets before you fire a cannonball? Can you test certain hypotheses, go do a little bit of this to see if it's something you really want to engage in a lot more before you go all in on it, can you just test it out? Because a cannonball is a lot more energy and resources than a few little bullets here and there. And get your target lined up before you go all in. What do you really want? And I've asked myself that question and I'll just write down, well, I want this and I want this and I want this. I want to feel that, I want to do that and interesting things happen. And as we do that day in and day out, take some action, et cetera, we tend get more clarity but never perfect clarity. There's often a sense of yeah, yeah, but this really feels like what the right next step is.