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Use asynchronous communications when possible. Ask for things in writing, which moves the conversation to email. Say you have to sleep on big decisions, or need
by sp332 3y ago
Use asynchronous communications when possible. Ask for things in writing, which moves the conversation to email. Say you have to sleep on big decisions, or need to consult some information you don't have in front of you.
Try to be prepared with a decision tree made in advance so you can answer the predictable stuff quickly. And you don't have to think of absolutely everything, but the act of planning will help you be more familiar with the options.
Talk out loud. Take the space and time you need to make a decision, and don't try to hide it.
- Zambyte 3y agoRelated to keeping things in writing: use a writing system that you can easily recall information you want from in the future. An email client generally has a pretty good search, but one problem is that it's usually not possible to hyperlink to specific emails. I recommend a personal wiki / Zettelkasten system that you use with the intent of avoiding re-thinking the same thing. I am often surprised to find that when I go to find where I want to start writing a note in my org-roam, I have already worked through exactly what I was planning on starting to think about.