Admit You Have a Blind Spot. Rule out emotional risks based on emotional responses by considering the worst-case scenario. (Blind Spot Bias)
Expand Your Experience. Experience is comprised of Breath, Depth, and Recency. (Availability Bias)
Ask Yourself: “Am I Moving Back To A Comfortable Risk Tolerance Level?” (Risk Compensation Bias)
Ask Yourself: “Is There A Gorilla In The Room? What Am I Not Seeing?” Am I focused on the goal, not potential adverse outcomes? (Inattentional Blindness & Change Bias)
Set Hard Boundaries. Stick To Them. Draw a “line in the sand”. (Normalization of Deviance)
Take A Deep Breath! Reduce stress and optimize your heart rate to optimize your reaction. 115-145 BPM. (Stress, Optimum State of Arousal)
Ask Yourself: “Am I Making A Larger Investment In A Bad Decision? (Sunk Cost & Irrational Escalation Bias)
Ask Yourself: “Am I Asking The Wrong Questions (Or Hearing The Wrong Answers)?” (Confirmation and Expectation Bias)
Speak up! Be the guy that breaks the seal. (Sunk Cost, Confirmation, & Expectation Bias)
Ask Yourself: “Will my friends think I’m an IDIOT?!” Use potential embarrassment to overcome cognitive biases that may affect your ability to perceive risk.
