I think the first thing you have to stipulate is that this helps when deciding on goals, not necessarily the things you have to do to get the goal. You may be “hell yeah” about traveling the world, but not “hell yeah” about packing. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t travel the world. I don’t think Derek was arguing for this level of decision making.
If you buy that, I think the key is that it only works when you have a lot of slack. Derek Sivers is and has been independently wealthy and has way way more options than most people do. It’s a very good sorting move in that situation. If you have few options, you probably can’t use this as universally as he suggests.
Yeah those caveats make a lot of sense. However, I strongly suspect that they’re not exhaustive. Not that you’re implying they are, but it’s important to note because when you acknowledge that they’re not exhaustive, you rightly treat this sort of advice as more of a heuristic than a rule.
I’ve thought a lot about this myself.
I think the first thing you have to stipulate is that this helps when deciding on goals, not necessarily the things you have to do to get the goal. You may be “hell yeah” about traveling the world, but not “hell yeah” about packing. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t travel the world. I don’t think Derek was arguing for this level of decision making.
If you buy that, I think the key is that it only works when you have a lot of slack. Derek Sivers is and has been independently wealthy and has way way more options than most people do. It’s a very good sorting move in that situation. If you have few options, you probably can’t use this as universally as he suggests.
Yeah those caveats make a lot of sense. However, I strongly suspect that they’re not exhaustive. Not that you’re implying they are, but it’s important to note because when you acknowledge that they’re not exhaustive, you rightly treat this sort of advice as more of a heuristic than a rule.
Sure. I’d love to hear what other caveats you think are important.
None come to mind right now. But the thing is, that probably just means I can’t think of them as opposed to them not existing.