## Hell Yes or No ### Hell Yes or No #### Hell, yes One of the most common heuristics that I take for decision making is this — It's either a **Hell Yes** or **No**. There is nothing in-between. > ![[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant#^4ba1c8]] On that note, Diana Chapman has something interesting to say — > Anything other than a 'whole-body yes' is a no. The struggle to say no is even more difficult now. Especially when we're living in times where we are checking our phone every five minutes as anxious creatures. There is a constant stream of "likes". As Naval puts it, There is a struggle to say no when your genes always want to say yes. Yes to sugar. Yes to alcohol. Yes to drugs. Our bodies don't know how to say no. #### 50:50 If we are on the fence with a complicated decision which seems like a 50:50, this simple heuristic might be helpful. > If you're evenly split on a difficult decision, **take the path more painful in the short term.** --- ...