Comments on: The Choice-Minimal Lifestyle: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm

By: Feeding Superman

Feeding Superman — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:16:29 +0000

[...] [Michael’s notes: Want to have more variety and choice with what you eat? No you don’t.] [...]

By: John Marlow

John Marlow — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:40:50 +0000

One of your best. I recall a story about Schwarzkopf in Desert Storm; by employing your first rule, he bounced a whole lot of potential decisions (and people) right out the door. Deciding, as it were, not to decide at all.

The setup: He got all parties (military commanders from coalition forces) to agree on the objective. The payoff: Any time someone came in with a beef about something (like, say, the way female U.S. soldiers dressed when not in combat gear), wanting him to fix it, he said: How does that relate to our objective?

Simply asking the question made them realize that, in many cases, it didn’t. They found their own way to the door, and presumably worked it out on their own or managed to live with it.

No reason we can’t ask ourselves the same thing.

By: Cathy Johnson Campbell

Cathy Johnson Campbell — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:43:05 +0000

This is great insightful stuff for me… as C. Brandon pointed out, one must have a clearly defined objective so that I know what I’m looking for (that’s something I can polish up), and then as you say don’t take yourself into overwhelm looking at every available option. I love research, and not so adept at productive action, and I find myself slipping into a lot of unproductive time… hopefully your pointers will be enough for me to adopt a new way. Thanks guys!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:21:24 +0000

I was chatting to a prospective client this week (a large global insurance company), they told me the company had just finished a 5 year tender process and was just about to sign the agreement with chosen supplier.

I laughed as I thought it was a joke. No joke, they really had.

Unbelievable!

By: baahar

baahar — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:09:30 +0000

Oh the letter before ‘i’ doesn’t work here. For better readibility: ” En kötü karar kararsizliktan iyidir “