Fighter Pilots, Decision Making and The OODA Loop

I’m going to harp on the only skill that a freelancer needs that will stay useful is good decision making.

To that end, you need to go read this excellence article on the OODA loop at Farnam Street.

I need to write about this at length to make sure that I’ve solidified my learning on it1, but for now the four parts are.

• Observe

• Orient

• Decide

• Act

Now, go dig deeper at Farnam Street.

Yes lots of my writing is to solidify my own learning so that I can be better. You just get benefit as a side effect. ↩