Ask HN: What are your “brain hacks” that help you manage everyday situations?
I'm incredibly fortunate to have a chairman on our board who brings so much clarity of thought to the business. He's unemotional yet thoughtful. If he doesn't have an immediate answer for something, he instinctively understands how to search for the answer. He has a natural sense of the real priority of work and discussions. So I asked him for some of his favourite brain hacks...simple tricks he uses when he has a mental challenge to overcome. A couple of his insights were very useful to me, so I thought I'd share them here and ask HN for their personal brain hacks in response. Artificial deadlines He has a clever technique for bringing tough choices to a conclusion and avoiding procrastination. This is especially useful for life changing decisions such as moving country or taking that new job. To put an end to the decision making process he sets a deadline for the de
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I'm incredibly fortunate to have a chairman on our board who brings so much clarity of thought to the business. He's unemotional yet thoughtful. If he doesn't have an immediate answer for something, he instinctively understands how to search for the answer. He has
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- simonswords82
- Ended
- 2018
- Source
- hackernews