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Decision Journal in Notion

74 points by saviorand 6y ago

optemization 6y ago
What: Two Notion database templates of decisions modeled after the Farnam Street Decision Journal. Why: To help you and your team make better decisions. How: Once you receive a link over email, open it and click "Duplicate" on the top right to copy this page to your Notion workspace. Use it. Here's a blog post about this template was published on the Digital Opssessions newsletter. There's also a video breakdown: https://optemization.com/decision-journal-notion https://optemization.com/decision-journal-notion
- saviorand 6y ago
  Huge work! We work together and using this decisions flow (with a slightly different template) for our own team decisions. Gotta say it's very useful, helps wrap ones head around difficult situations
awinter-py 6y ago
notes + diarying as the form of self-investment is popping up everywhere there are historical examples (leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhattan project from his daybook) for doing business (CRM users capture the customer's needs and situation, given that the next conversation might be in 6 months) and for thinking (capture where you are, take a break, read and think about it the next day)
- simonebrunozzi 6y ago
  > leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhattan project from his daybook I had no idea, and this is a great example of why I read Hacker News every day.
  - yodon 6y ago
    Cliff Stoll did the same when while writing the Cuckoo's Egg.
    - saviorand 6y ago
      I guess it's just a natural way of doing it. You need to write every day, then assemble -> why not write in your dailies
    - awinter-py 6y ago
      good rec
- bmj 6y ago
  St. Igantius of Loyola (founder of the Catholic Jesuit order), outlined a process of discernment that is very similar to the decision journal method nearly 500 years ago in his Spiritual Exercises[0]. Of course, there is a distinct focus on the discernment of spirits, but the prompts in the decision journal are generally the same. [0] https://www.marquette.edu/faith/ignatian-principles-for-making-decisions.php https://www.marquette.edu/faith/ignatian-principles-for-maki...
  - saviorand 6y ago
    Hmm, maybe we can bring that discernment of spirits part back to the template? JK
munaf 6y ago
Related: https://getoutcome.com https://getoutcome.com
- optemization 6y ago
  woah! makes me think, once Notion has reliable API and offline mode, we'll be building entire products there.
talentedcoin 6y ago
This is really cool, but as a futures trader I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. I guess perhaps this is a subset of "range of outcomes", but one specific category I've found very useful is "pros and cons" -- even just looking at an itemized list of one vs the other can jog your brain a bit.
- optemization 6y ago
  yeah, sometimes I feel that the FS template is an overkill that's why I delete prompts often. Maybe it's a good idea to create a "simple decision" template.
markcarrier 6y ago
For software projects I like markdown architectural decision records: https://adr.github.io/madr/ https://adr.github.io/madr/
- saviorand 6y ago
  This is actually very similar in structure. With possible consequences, outcome, decision pros and cons
tiagomvalente 6y ago
This is really nice! Will give it a try :)
- saviorand 6y ago
  Let me know how it goes! We're also trying it out the past month. Using it for business decisions

74 points by saviorand 6y ago

What: Two Notion database templates of decisions modeled after the Farnam Street Decision Journal. Why: To help you and your team make better decisions. How: Once you receive a link over email, open it and click "Duplicate" on the top right to copy this page to your Notion workspace. Use it. Here's a blog post about this template was published on the Digital Opssessions newsletter. There's also a video breakdown: https://optemization.com/decision-journal-notion https://optemization.com/decision-journal-notion

saviorand 6y ago
Huge work! We work together and using this decisions flow (with a slightly different template) for our own team decisions. Gotta say it's very useful, helps wrap ones head around difficult situations

awinter-py 6y ago

notes + diarying as the form of self-investment is popping up everywhere there are historical examples (leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhattan project from his daybook) for doing business (CRM users capture the customer's needs and situation, given that the next conversation might be in 6 months) and for thinking (capture where you are, take a break, read and think about it the next day)

simonebrunozzi 6y ago
> leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhattan project from his daybook I had no idea, and this is a great example of why I read Hacker News every day.
- yodon 6y ago
  Cliff Stoll did the same when while writing the Cuckoo's Egg.
  - saviorand 6y ago
    I guess it's just a natural way of doing it. You need to write every day, then assemble -> why not write in your dailies
  - awinter-py 6y ago
    good rec
bmj 6y ago
St. Igantius of Loyola (founder of the Catholic Jesuit order), outlined a process of discernment that is very similar to the decision journal method nearly 500 years ago in his Spiritual Exercises[0]. Of course, there is a distinct focus on the discernment of spirits, but the prompts in the decision journal are generally the same. [0] https://www.marquette.edu/faith/ignatian-principles-for-making-decisions.php https://www.marquette.edu/faith/ignatian-principles-for-maki...
- saviorand 6y ago
  Hmm, maybe we can bring that discernment of spirits part back to the template? JK

munaf 6y ago

Related: https://getoutcome.com https://getoutcome.com

optemization 6y ago
woah! makes me think, once Notion has reliable API and offline mode, we'll be building entire products there.

talentedcoin 6y ago

This is really cool, but as a futures trader I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. I guess perhaps this is a subset of "range of outcomes", but one specific category I've found very useful is "pros and cons" -- even just looking at an itemized list of one vs the other can jog your brain a bit.

optemization 6y ago
yeah, sometimes I feel that the FS template is an overkill that's why I delete prompts often. Maybe it's a good idea to create a "simple decision" template.

markcarrier 6y ago

For software projects I like markdown architectural decision records: https://adr.github.io/madr/ https://adr.github.io/madr/

saviorand 6y ago
This is actually very similar in structure. With possible consequences, outcome, decision pros and cons

tiagomvalente 6y ago

This is really nice! Will give it a try :)

saviorand 6y ago
Let me know how it goes! We're also trying it out the past month. Using it for business decisions