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Decision Journal in Notion

by saviorand on 11/3/20, 8:07 PM with 17 comments

  • by optemization on 11/3/20, 9:11 PM

    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

  • by awinter-py on 11/3/20, 9:38 PM

    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)

  • by talentedcoin on 11/3/20, 10:40 PM

    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.

  • by munaf on 11/3/20, 10:18 PM

  • by markcarrier on 11/4/20, 6:15 AM

    For software projects I like markdown architectural decision records:

    https://adr.github.io/madr/

  • by tiagomvalente on 11/4/20, 11:59 AM

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