I’ve been keeping an eye on the people in my life who are really effective decision makers. Two of the underrated capacities that underpin their successful processes are quite simple: 1) they carefully keep track of decisions that need to be made, and 2) they actually make the decisions on their decision list, even if they have incomplete information. The first capacity is organizational; the second is behavioral.

So, if you think of yourself as a bad decision maker, try keeping a decision list each week and picking a weekly, recurring time (preferably early in the day) when you make as many of those decisions as you reasonably and responsibly can. See if that changes anything for you.

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I love this Zach Lowe sentence, a mere parenthetical remark, about Trae Young’s passing.

(Seriously: He has every pass, and he releases the ball a beat earlier or later — depending on what does the most damage — than the typical NBA point guard. Such quirky timing is the mark of genius in a passer.)

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26104826/10-things-like-including-lakers-tank-talk

It reminds me of how I’ve heard some people describe the piano phrasings of Thelonious Monk. And it is like the thing it describes — a nice feat for a writer.

We’ve had a lot of snow in New Jersey lately, and since my son and wife are in Spain for a few days, my daughter and I have been doing our best to keep each other company. I’m also in the final stages of proofing my next book (co-authored with Reshan Richards). To support the proofing process, I’ve been reading Dreyer’s English. Here’s a story, in 11 photos, depicting how well all that is going.

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This past week I wrote posts about:

• The importance of noticing.
• A draft of a letter to a community of lifelong learners.
• A short remembrance of a long friend.
• A hierarchy after my favorite hierarchy’s heart.
• Six simple beliefs for leading online and off.

Now they’re all in one place for you, easily accessible as you sip your morning coffee and make your weekend plans.

Last week’s summary.

An article I wrote with Reshan has been making the rounds again, and I was reminded of this nice graphic that the magazine made to accompany it. I’m not linking to the article because I think this visual does enough to explain the key concepts — in about 1/4 of the time.