Use the headline test

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Ask how others will perceive your decisions

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0:00.0	I'm the Wizard of Oz, I'm the one making everything happen.
0:02.8	Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Star, Jen Shaw, is running the scam of the century.
0:08.2	I remember one time, Stuart lost like about 8 million.
0:13.0	Jen was very upset and she came down to the office late at night with Coach
0:17.6	yelling at him, asking him where their money is.
0:21.6	Listen to Queen of the Con, season 4, The Unreal Housewife.
0:25.9	On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.7	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
0:39.6	Good morning. This is Laura.
0:43.6	Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:47.0	Today's tip is to use the headline test.
0:51.2	When you are making a decision, consider how your decision would sound
0:56.4	as the headline of a newspaper article.
0:59.4	You want to make the best decision, not just the most popular or easiest one.
1:05.8	But there is also something to be said for considering how other people will be likely to understand your decision.
1:13.0	At first glance, you want to make sure it won't come off in a way
1:19.2	that you don't intend.
1:22.6	Many business leaders learn the advice that you shouldn't do anything
1:26.7	you wouldn't want written about on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
1:31.7	If you would be embarrassed by that prominent telling of what you are about to do,
1:36.8	you should really think about whether you should do it.
1:41.4	And that is good advice.
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