Day 21: Your Decision Filter – Values, Identity and Long-Term Thinking - Decision-making

KEY INSIGHT: Decision-making becomes dramatically easier when you’re clear on your core values and long-term identity. Your decision filter isn’t about perfection – it’s about consistency. When choices align with who you want to become, they compound into a coherent, meaningful life rather than canceling each other out.

PERSONAL REFLECTION: Think of a recent decision you made that felt “right” even though it was difficult. What values or long-term vision guided that choice? Now consider a decision you regret – which filter did it fail to pass through?

TODAY’S EXERCISE: Notice how much clearer decisions become when you know what you actually stand for. The next time you’re facing a choice that feels complicated, consider asking yourself: “What would the person I want to become do here?” Sometimes the answer surprises you. Sometimes it confirms what you already knew deep down. Either way, you might find that having a clear filter makes the path forward more obvious than you expected.

Week 3 Is Complete.

You’ve learned to master a repeatable decision-making framework.

Over the past seven days, you’ve discovered why:

• good decisions aren’t accidents and why they’re the result of a systematic process.

• the question you ask determines the answer you get.

• our “unique” situations aren’t quite as “unique” as we may have thought.

• good decisions require seeing the complete picture

• making one decision now saves making 100 later

• you need to outsmart your future self before you it really matters

• you need to filter your decisions through your long-term vision

You’re now ready for Week 4, where you’ll learn how to apply your decision-making framework to real-world pressure, complexity and uncertainty – that means making decisions that hold up under fire in a high-stakes, fast-changing world.