The Importance of Disagreement in Effective Decision-Making
How to improve your decision-making and level-up your growth by harnessing the power of disagreement
Have you ever heard someone say the following phrase: “I could be wrong, but…”?
Nine times out of ten, what follows is a long explanation that makes it clear that the speaker is pretty sure they’re not wrong. Unfortunately, most of us act this way in some area of our lives.
We all carry biases with us, and those biases — by definition — color how we perceive things. Because biases affect our perceptions, they also affect how we think, which affects how good our decision-making process is.
Many people think that the way to make better decisions is to somehow get rid of biases and make a completely objective decision. I have yet to encounter such a thing. Getting to complete objectivity isn’t the way to make better decisions, instead, the way lies in harnessing disagreement.
If you earnestly seek, understand, and integrate disagreement with your position before making a decision, you can massively increase the quality of the decisions you make. That includes deciding not to take action in some situations — which can save you wasted time and effort.
