Comments on: Test Your Decisions Against Reality http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/ "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants." ... Insights and Actions for Getting Results Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:07:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J.D. Meier http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5201 J.D. Meier Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:43:40 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5201 @ Alik Thank you. Reality can be a tough wakeup call, but it's also refreshing. The key is keeping a balanced perspective and using the feedback to improve. Nothing's permanent and you have a lot of freedom in how you shape your clay. @ Wenny Timing is so key. I used to underestimate it, but now I realize the value of windows of opportunity. Great point on being accountable, reinventing as needed, and taking risks. @ Alik

Thank you. Reality can be a tough wakeup call, but it’s also refreshing. The key is keeping a balanced perspective and using the feedback to improve. Nothing’s permanent and you have a lot of freedom in how you shape your clay.

@ Wenny

Timing is so key. I used to underestimate it, but now I realize the value of windows of opportunity.

Great point on being accountable, reinventing as needed, and taking risks.

]]> By: Wenny Yap http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5193 Wenny Yap Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:22:19 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5193 Every decision is a risk. Too late, we may have missed the boat. Too fast, we may have lacked sufficient assessment. Whatever it is, we must be willing to take responsibility, learn from it, reinvent and take the risk again if we ever want to be successful. We journey this Life only once, and this is the only one chance for us to be successful. Good or bad the decision, it will change! As you wisely said, 'Time changes the landscape.' Every decision is a risk. Too late, we may have missed the boat. Too fast, we may have lacked sufficient assessment. Whatever it is, we must be willing to take responsibility, learn from it, reinvent and take the risk again if we ever want to be successful.

We journey this Life only once, and this is the only one chance for us to be successful. Good or bad the decision, it will change! As you wisely said, ‘Time changes the landscape.’

]]> By: Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:34:11 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5185 This one is way too good. I observe too many folks that ignore it - testing the decision against the reality. Know what's funny?.... lately I found out I am the list's #1, I was ignoring the reality for too long.... BOOM! It's good I realized that and I am making proper changes.... hopefully. This one is way too good.
I observe too many folks that ignore it – testing the decision against the reality.
Know what’s funny?…. lately I found out I am the list’s #1, I was ignoring the reality for too long…. BOOM!
It’s good I realized that and I am making proper changes…. hopefully.

]]> By: J.D. Meier http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5177 J.D. Meier Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:43:57 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5177 @ Karl Thank you! I've always been a fan of Drucker, but it wasn't until recently that I got how decisions are less about thinking and more about intuition, experience, pattern matching, and emotion. I think the big "ah ha" for me here was how much the first-hand experience matters so that you can leverage your intuition and emotional perspective. @ Giovanna Thank you. Dog-fooding has served me well. @ Jannie I'm in an environment where the landscape changes pretty frequently and reassessment has been my best friend. @ Maya You bet. My best feedback loop is my personal sounding board. I regularly bounce ideas off some friends that are great at giving honest feedback. It helps balance out my perspective and avoid blind spots. @ Karl

Thank you! I’ve always been a fan of Drucker, but it wasn’t until recently that I got how decisions are less about thinking and more about intuition, experience, pattern matching, and emotion. I think the big “ah ha” for me here was how much the first-hand experience matters so that you can leverage your intuition and emotional perspective.

@ Giovanna

Thank you. Dog-fooding has served me well.

@ Jannie

I’m in an environment where the landscape changes pretty frequently and reassessment has been my best friend.

@ Maya

You bet. My best feedback loop is my personal sounding board. I regularly bounce ideas off some friends that are great at giving honest feedback. It helps balance out my perspective and avoid blind spots.

]]> By: Maya http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5171 Maya Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:16:15 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5171 I loved that - reality is a moving target. And even the best decisions can be wrong. Feedback is valuable enough - but making sure we have the right kind of feedback systems in our life is key, isn't it? I loved that – reality is a moving target. And even the best decisions can be wrong.

Feedback is valuable enough – but making sure we have the right kind of feedback systems in our life is key, isn’t it?

]]> By: Jannie Funster http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5156 Jannie Funster Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:08:43 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5156 An "Every 3-Month" reasessment seems like a really great time-table to work from. Yeah. I'm totally going to take that advice, thanks so much for passing that tip on. And the Harry Truman quote is proceless! An “Every 3-Month” reasessment seems like a really great time-table to work from. Yeah. I’m totally going to take that advice, thanks so much for passing that tip on.

And the Harry Truman quote is proceless!

]]> By: Giovanna Garcia http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 Giovanna Garcia Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:57:11 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5151 Hi JD I love you said eat your own dogfood, I do that too :-) We have to in order for us to really know. You also made a lot great points here as well. Thank You, Giovanna Garcia Imperfect Action is better than No Action Hi JD
I love you said eat your own dogfood, I do that too :-) We have to in order for us to really know. You also made a lot great points here as well.
Thank You,
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action

]]> By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-5129 Karl Staib - Work Happy Now Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:13:01 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/02/19/test-your-decisions-against-reality/#comment-5129 I've thought long and hard about starting a business. I didn't just want to jump in without knowing it has long-term potential. I love that Seth Godin says reinvent your business every 3 months. We need to stay on top of changing flows within our customers and ourselves. Great post! The detail is awesome. You can see that you are working happy when you put your blog posts together. I’ve thought long and hard about starting a business. I didn’t just want to jump in without knowing it has long-term potential.

I love that Seth Godin says reinvent your business every 3 months. We need to stay on top of changing flows within our customers and ourselves.

Great post! The detail is awesome. You can see that you are working happy when you put your blog posts together.

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