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Decisive Edge

A Strategic Framework for Decisive Action

Matthew Arthurs,

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Facing a major decision? This concise guide helps you evaluate your options, so you can make a well-informed choice.  

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Big decisions are never easy — but a straightforward system for evaluating your options can make the experience simpler and better. In the first book in his Decisive Edge series, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Arthurs outlines an eight-step decision-making process designed to help you identify your options, uncover your passions and values, and apply those insights to tough decisions. By showing you how to move beyond either-or thinking and weigh the factors that matter most to you, Arthurs offers a clear path to making choices that align with your priorities.

Summary

Four obstacles — narrow framing, confirmation bias, emotion, and overconfidence — inhibit the ability to make good choices.

When you face a big decision, either avoiding making a choice or making a poor choice can be costly. Dodging decision-making or making a choice that doesn’t solve the problem both create “decision debt,” which accumulates every time you make an easy choice in order to escape temporary discomfort. Be aware that if you delay a decision too long, circumstances may decide for you, and the outcome may not be in your best interests.

Before you embark on this decision-making process, familiarize yourself with four obstacles:

  1. “Narrow framing” – Prematurely limiting your choices to only two options can eliminate other viable choices. For instance, when employees underperform, you may see your options as either firing them or living with their poor performance. However, if you think about it, you could discover other possible paths. For example, you could identify and address the factors causing the underperformance.
  2. “Confirmation bias” – This cognitive default can lead you to focus too heavily on the...

About the Author

This is the first book in the “Decisive Edge” series by US Army Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Arthurs, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, corporate consultant, and host of the “Predictive Execution” podcast. He is also the author of The Decisive Edge: A Strategic Framework for Life and Relationships; The Decisive Edge: A Strategic Framework to Reclaim Your Life; The Decisive Edge: A Lifecycle Guide to Disciplined Sovereignty; and Decisive AI: Reducing Decision Debt and Preserving Human Judgment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

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