The Art of Decision Making
Like Duolingo, but for The Art of Decision Making. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in The Art of Decision Making
- Small choices are defined by their lack of long-term impact
- The '1-year rule' helps categorize the stakes of a decision
- Overthinking small choices drains mental energy needed for bigger tasks
- The time spent deciding has a 'cost' that can outweigh the benefit of the choice
- Big choices have long-term consequences
- Small choices are easily reversible or temporary
- The mental cost of over-deliberation
- Categorizing decisions based on the 2-minute rule criteria
- Maximizers experience more regret because they imagine 'better' alternatives they might have missed
- Criteria must be set before looking at options to avoid being swayed by features
- High expectations in a search for perfection make the final choice feel disappointing
- Satisficing requires stopping the search immediately once a match is found
- The workflow of satisficing to avoid decision paralysis
- Must-haves should be binary (yes/no) or clear thresholds to allow for quick filtering
- Why maximizing choice leads to lower satisfaction compared to satisficing
- Non-essential features should be ignored once the primary criteria are met
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives The Art of Decision Making the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You're stuck between two brands of toothpaste. To use the '1-year rule,' what should you ask yourself?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where The Art of Decision Making takes you
Stop overthinking and start choosing with confidence. Learn how to cut through the noise and make better choices in your daily life.
- 1
Stop the Overthinking Cycle
- The 2-Minute Rule for Small Choices
- How to Spot a Good Enough Option
- Narrowing Down Your Top Three
- Trusting Your Gut Feeling
- 2
Handle Tough Situations Like a Pro
- Choosing When You Are Stressed
- Dealing with Too Many Options
- What to Do When You Make a Mistake
- Making Decisions with a Group
- Avoiding the Fear of Missing Out
- Setting Deadlines for Yourself
- 3
Understand How Your Brain Decides
- Why We Fall for Mental Traps
- How Emotions Change Your Choices
- The Science of Decision Fatigue
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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