Use checkpoints to benchmark your decisions

The video discusses the challenges of moving up in corporate hierarchies, emphasizing the importance of making informed decisions with proper checkpoints. It highlights the need to adapt to new leadership and evaluate their qualities over time. Reflecting on past decisions is crucial for personal growth, and establishing checkpoints helps in making better future decisions.

What is a key strategy to avoid making impulsive decisions in a corporate setting?

• Ignoring feedback from peers

• Making decisions quickly

• Relying solely on intuition

• Setting proper checkpoints

Why is it important to allow time for adjustment when a new boss arrives?

• To immediately establish dominance

• To ensure the new boss follows the old boss's methods

• To evaluate the new boss against previous standards

• To avoid any changes in the workflow

What is a potential benefit of having multiple checkpoints in decision-making?

• It allows for more frequent changes in strategy

• It helps in making decisions based on assumptions

• It ensures decisions are made quickly

• It provides opportunities to reassess and adapt decisions

How can reflecting on past career decisions be beneficial?

• It guarantees that past decisions are always correct

• It ensures that no changes are made in the future

• It allows for learning and improving future decisions

• It helps in blaming others for past mistakes

What should you do if you find yourself disliking a new work situation?

• Immediately quit the job

• Give it time and evaluate with checkpoints

• Complain to colleagues

• Ignore the situation and hope it improves