W hat was your best decision of the last year? Go with your gut, the first thing that comes to mind. Describe the decision below.
Now, what was your worst decision of the last year? Again, go with the first thing that comes to mind. Describe the decision below.
I f you’re like most people, you answered yes to both of those questions—and your description of the decision was probably more a description of the outcome of the decision rather than the decision process itself.
I’ve done this exercise with hundreds of people and it always turns out like this. When I ask for their best decision, they tell me their best outcome. When I ask for their worst decision, they tell me their worst outcome.
We’ll come back to this exercise in a bit.