Speaker 1: Do you have a big decision to make, Maybe you
Speaker 1: are in the middle of trying to make one, or
Speaker 1: perhaps you have some decisions coming up that are on
Speaker 1: the horizon. But here's the thing about decision making. We
Speaker 1: often give more weight to the big, shiny outcome, such
Speaker 1: as being on stage speaking at an event, than we
Speaker 1: do to all the hard work that gets us to
Speaker 1: that outcome. So I'm going to be sharing a really
Speaker 1: cool strategy that I was told during the week about
Speaker 1: how we can make much better decisions. My name is
Speaker 1: doctor Amantha Imba. I'm an organizational psychologist and the founder
Speaker 1: of Behavioral science consultancy Inventium, and this is How I Work,
Speaker 1: a show about how to help you do your best
Speaker 1: work now before we get to decision making. I am
Speaker 1: so excited to let you know that I'm going to
Speaker 1: be doing a lot. I have show a live interview
Speaker 1: for How I Work at the Melbourne Podcast Festival and
Speaker 1: I would love to see you there. So the event
Speaker 1: is on Saturday, July thirty one at two point thirty
Speaker 1: in the afternoon, and I am going to be interviewing
Speaker 1: Breakfast Radio Extraordinaire Christian O'Connell. So in case you haven't
Speaker 1: come across Christian or don't know about his background. He
Speaker 1: was Britain's best known and most awarded breakfast radio presenter,
Speaker 1: hosting his own top rating national breakfast shows and collecting
Speaker 1: more industry awards than any other presenter. He was also
Speaker 1: the youngest radio presenter ever to be inducted into the
Speaker 1: UK Radio Hall of Fame. And then he moved to
Speaker 1: Australia when nobody knew him. Now cut to several years later,
Speaker 1: he is the very successful host of Gold FM's breakfast Show. Now,
Speaker 1: I am a huge fan of Christians. He is hilarious
Speaker 1: and insightful and such a brilliant radio host, so I'm
Speaker 1: so excited to be chatting to him. So we're going
Speaker 1: to be talking about what actually goes on behind the
Speaker 1: scenes of breakfast radio. We're going to be looking at
Speaker 1: Christian strategies for overcoming mental health challengers that have plagued
Speaker 1: him in the very competitive world of commercial radio. We're
Speaker 1: going to be looking at Christian wore a death watch,
Speaker 1: which is a watch that reminded him whenever he looked
Speaker 1: at it, how much longer he had to live. And
Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about all things creativity, like,
Speaker 1: where do his ideas come from? Because he needs a
Speaker 1: lot of them. He's on air live for three hours
Speaker 1: every single workday. So the show, it's going to be
Speaker 1: recorded at the Jam Factory in Melbourne in South Yarra's
Speaker 1: going to be super lovely and intimate, and I'm going
Speaker 1: to be hanging around after the show to meet listeners
Speaker 1: like you and have a chat and answer questions and
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to meet you. So search for a
Speaker 1: Melbourne Podcast Festival in Google and you can probably find
Speaker 1: it that way. But the easiest thing to do is
Speaker 1: follow the link in the show notes and book your
Speaker 1: tickets today and all profits from the event are going
Speaker 1: to charity. Okay, now I have a very cool tip
Speaker 1: to share with you this week on the topic of
Speaker 1: decision making. Now. I'm working on a book at the moment,
Speaker 1: and I've been reaching out to past guests to see
Speaker 1: what strategies they've been having success with since I had
Speaker 1: them on the show. And I heard a really cool
Speaker 1: and this week from John Zaratski otherwise known as Jay Z,
Speaker 1: who is ex Google. So we used to work at
Speaker 1: Google Ventures, used to be a designer there, and he's
Speaker 1: also the author of Best selling books, sprint and make time.
Speaker 1: So John or Jay Z calls this strategy the iceberg. Yes,
Speaker 1: So this is where it comes from. When we're making
Speaker 1: a decision about whether to do something, so whether to
Speaker 1: take a new job, or work on a project, or
Speaker 1: you know, maybe accept a speaking engagement, we tend to
Speaker 1: focus on the part of the decision. There's kind of
Speaker 1: like the visible and exciting part. It might be you know,
Speaker 1: the glory or the praise we'll get for when we
Speaker 1: deliver the project, or you know, when we're volunteering, the
Speaker 1: thanks that we'll get at the end of the role.
Speaker 1: So we essentially like focus on the glimmering peak of
Speaker 1: the iceberg that sits above the water. But the thing
Speaker 1: about icebergs is that most of them, most of the
Speaker 1: iceberg is hidden well beneath the surface, and that represents
Speaker 1: the bulk of the commitment. So the thing is, when
Speaker 1: we're trying to make a decision about something, we can't
Speaker 1: get to that exciting, visible, shining part without actually doing
Speaker 1: the rest of it, which generally looks like hard work. So,
Speaker 1: for example, something I have to make a lot of
Speaker 1: decisions about accepting speaking gigs. Most speaking gigs that I
Speaker 1: do are paid and they are simply part of my
Speaker 1: job and I love them. But I also get asked
Speaker 1: to speak for free a lot. And you know, it's
Speaker 1: kind of easy to focus on the exciting part of that,
Speaker 1: of you know, being on stage and having an impact
Speaker 1: and you know, getting good feedback after the gig. But
Speaker 1: the thing is a lot of preparation and hard work
Speaker 1: goes into and before every single speaking gig, which is
Speaker 1: really hard to remember at the time when I'm trying
Speaker 1: to make a decision. So certainly we want to think
Speaker 1: about the tip of the iceberg, but to use the iceberg, yes,
Speaker 1: we need to flip it, and we need to think
Speaker 1: about the full iceberg. You're not just saying yes to
Speaker 1: that speaking engagement or to that glory that comes when
Speaker 1: you deliver the project. We are saying yes to the
Speaker 1: whole kitten kaboodle, which often means a whole lot of
Speaker 1: hard work. So you might want to reflect on, you know,
Speaker 1: what are some of the icebergs that you have said
Speaker 1: yes to in the past, And you know, when you're
Speaker 1: thinking about whether to say yes or no to something,
Speaker 1: remember to look below the surface and look at the
Speaker 1: full iceberg. So that is the Iceberg. Yes, tip, and
Speaker 1: thank you to jay Z for sharing that with me.
Speaker 1: That is it for today's show. If you are enjoying
Speaker 1: How I Work, as I said, I'd love to see
Speaker 1: you at the Melbourne Podcast Festival. I hope you can
Speaker 1: come super excited to meet listeners of the show. And
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