When we have to do something — a task, a project, a course, a job — there are two mindsets that we can approach it in. One has an over-emphasis on efficiency and the other has an over-emphasis on outcomes.
Recently, my parents were looking to purchase something. And the salesmanship they observed in the person trying to make the sale was fantastic. The product was talked up, a lot of hypotheticals were portrayed to make a convincing case, and the courtship was at a high in order to elicit a…
You won’t.
Much better to start with a clear picture of what you want and then edit it along the way if you feel the need for it.
Just like plans are subject to change when you come across new information, what you want is…
Everybody knows the story of the goose that laid a golden egg everyday until it’s owner got greedy and decided to cut open the goose to get all the golden eggs at once rather than wait for it to go on laying one a day, only to realize that he had killed the goose that laid…
We’ve all had that intuitive feeling that something is off, that we shouldn’t go down the path that we’ve planned and consciously decided to go down. Or that intuitive feeling that tells us the person we just bumped into isn’t trust-worthy, or to watch out for the fine print in…