Annie Duke

We've researched the position and the company, talked to a few people who are there, gotten some vibes, and we decide to take the job.

But what do we really know about what it's going to be like when we're actually working there?

We don't know a whole lot.

So one of the things that we want to think about when we're entering into something is that that decision should not be treated as last and final.

It should be the thing that I'm doing now, but I need to think about what are the signals that would tell me that this was a choice that I would prefer to change.

Right.

So in other words, we don't want to live a life where the first job we take is the last job that we ever do unless we happen to get fired from the job.

We need to realize that we do have the option to quit, to change and go do other jobs.

So you need to get a balance between committing to the thing you're doing, but also paying attention to the signals that that job might not be for you.

In general, I think that people decide too slowly.

But stepping back from that, every decision is not created equal.

And we need to understand what are the types of decisions that we should be taking our time on and what are the types of decisions that we can go pretty fast on.

And if we can understand that, we can actually get to a better balance.

So the types of decisions that we can go really fast on are ones where

it's okay to make a mistake.

And why are those two things connected?

Well, because the faster that you make a decision, the more likely you're gonna introduce error into the decision.

So when you're making decision that isn't gonna matter much to your happiness in the long run,

that's when you should go fast.

So an example would be, and this is something that people often take a lot of time on, is ordering off a menu.