Making Smart Decisions Like Warren Buffett By Applying The 10/10/10 Method.
You need to understand the importance of high-level thinking to make smart decisions.
Making decisions is an essential skill. We make decisions all the time because we are constantly confronted with an abundance of options that can lead us in contradictory directions. This makes it difficult to make the right decisions and choices in life.
Short-Term Thinking Is Inherited From The Hunter-Gatherer Era
At a time when humans were mainly hunter-gatherers, our short-term impulses took over. This made sense because the world was full of danger and humans had to be able to react quickly by being guided by their primary instincts of fear or anger. Of course, this is no longer the case today in our modern society where decisions made only in the short term tend not to be optimal.
Yet our short-term brain patterns largely dominate how we interact with the world. In some cases, this may be welcome. I am thinking here of everything to do with love, for example. Nevertheless, we must know how to balance things out and not let ourselves be constantly guided by our emotions.
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