“Prefer a few large, systematic decisions to many small ones.”
Pick what percentage of your portfolio you want in various assets, and rebalance quarterly, rather than making regular buying/selling decisions
Prioritize once a week, and by default do whatever’s next on the list when you complete a task.
Set up recurring hangouts with friends at whatever frequency you enjoy (e.g. weekly). Cancel or reschedule on an ad-hoc basis, rather than scheduling ad-hoc
Rigorously decide how you will judge the results of experiments, then run a lot of them cheaply. Machine Learning example: pick one evaluation metric (might be a composite of several sub-metrics and rules), then automatically run lots of different models and do a deeper dive into the 5 that perform particularly well
Make a packing checklist for trips, and use it repeatedly
Figure out what criteria would make you leave your current job, and only take interviews that plausibly meet those criteria
Pick a routine for your commute, e.g. listening to podcasts. Test new ideas at the routine level (e.g. podcasts vs books)
Find a specific method for deciding what to eat—for me, this is querying system 1 to ask how I would feel after eating certain foods, and picking the one that returns the best answer
Accepting every time a coworker asks for a game of ping-pong, as a way to get exercise, unless I am about to enter a meeting
Always suggesting the same small set of places for coffee or lunch meetings
“Prefer a few large, systematic decisions to many small ones.”
Pick what percentage of your portfolio you want in various assets, and rebalance quarterly, rather than making regular buying/selling decisions
Prioritize once a week, and by default do whatever’s next on the list when you complete a task.
Set up recurring hangouts with friends at whatever frequency you enjoy (e.g. weekly). Cancel or reschedule on an ad-hoc basis, rather than scheduling ad-hoc
Rigorously decide how you will judge the results of experiments, then run a lot of them cheaply. Machine Learning example: pick one evaluation metric (might be a composite of several sub-metrics and rules), then automatically run lots of different models and do a deeper dive into the 5 that perform particularly well
Make a packing checklist for trips, and use it repeatedly
Figure out what criteria would make you leave your current job, and only take interviews that plausibly meet those criteria
Pick a routine for your commute, e.g. listening to podcasts. Test new ideas at the routine level (e.g. podcasts vs books)
Find a specific method for deciding what to eat—for me, this is querying system 1 to ask how I would feel after eating certain foods, and picking the one that returns the best answer
Accepting every time a coworker asks for a game of ping-pong, as a way to get exercise, unless I am about to enter a meeting
Always suggesting the same small set of places for coffee or lunch meetings