Decision binary 2.0
Decision binary 2.0
I’m not a fan of binaries. They take a complex thing and boil it down to two simple-looking options.
But I take an exception for this. Let’s call it ‘decision binary 2.0’.
It’s simple1.
Answer these two questions:
What you are doing and why?
What you are not doing and why?
For most things, you are either committed or not. Just be clear on why you’ve chosen what you’ve chosen.
It’s easy to plot this on a sheet, on a notepad. Anywhere. Take out one or two fifteen-minute blocks, put an area of your life in focus, and try the decision binary.
It helps us see in plain sight all the decisions we are making - about what to do and what not to do. It presents the opportunity to think about the assumptions our decisions are built on. It helps us re-evaluate and recommit where necessary.
It reminds us of alternatives foregone. Not in a way that makes us regret not doing those. Rather, in a nurturing way that reminds us of why we made the difficult decision of not pursuing the things we aren’t pursuing.
The difference between this and a decision audit is that we aren’t comparing the decisions with an outcome. Not yet. Instead, we are interested in seeing with clarity all we are committing (not) to do.
It’s simple, not easy.