Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is how to brainstorm good advice for yourself. The quick and dirty tip is to use a

mental board of advisors. Why use advisors? Some people are umpires for college rugby. It gives meaning to their lives and an

excuse to get paid for playing in the mud. I send out the Get It Done Guys worldwide messages of peace,

love, and file folders, but I'm also a business and strategy advisor to entrepreneurs. I'm more

serious than that role and almost never mention zombies unless that's part of our business model.

Advising gives meaning to my life and an excuse to talk back to CEOs and have them grovel for my approval,

and who doesn't like that? Even smart people use advisors because you make better decisions when you

have different perspectives to call on. It's also fun to have advisors with opposing ideas. You can

entertain yourself by tossing out a

provocative statement and watching them fight over it. Let's build our new office space entirely out of peanut

butter. Should we use chunky or smooth? Discuss. Bords of advisors aren't just for CEOs

anymore. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. NASA wouldn't take me because I had no depth perception

of wandering eye, and I was only six. But Kennedy's Space Center would sell me a cardboard

lunar lander. My imaginary friend and I would get inside and pretend to fly through space.

Oh, I loved that lunar lander. I kept it until it literally fell apart. I think what finally got to it was the rain during college graduation.

I flunked out, but my imaginary friend graduated Summa Cum Laude from MIT.

Yes, my imaginary friend was smarter. It turns out we can imagine smart friends,

and they actually give us good advice. If you want to make better decisions that save you time,

money, and hassle, create an imaginary board of advisors. Consult your board. Then, when you're

faced with a difficult situation or decision, go to your quiet place, the one in your mind, not the real

one with the padded walls, and have a mental conversation with your board of advisors. You'll be

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