Shane Parrish: How to Think Clearly When It Matters Most (E223)

So you can think of positioning as am I playing on easy mode or hard mode? I set my own scoreboard. It means I don't care what you think about what I'm doing. You need to narrow things down to two or three priorities. If building a relationship and maintaining that relationship with my partner matters to me, I should be able to see that in your calendar.

So don't tell me your priorities, show me your calendar. Am I giving up what's really important to me, going after something I don't really need? What if the problem isn't how hard you're working, but it's a position that you put yourself in? Our guest today is Shane Parrish. He's the founder of Farnham Street, one of the world's most widely read platforms on decision making.

and is the author of a brilliant book called Clear Thinking, which has quietly become essential reading for some of the most successful leaders, athletes, and CEOs on the planet. Shane spent seven years working for a Canadian intelligence agency you can't say which, making high stakes decisions that affected troops, governments, and peoples' lives. That experience sent him on a decade-long obsession with one question. How do the best decision makers in the world consistently get better outcomes than everyone else? In this fascinating conversation, Shane gives us a masterclass in exactly that.

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