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with Gibson Biddle · Jun 2022
Amazon calls reversible decisions 'two-way doors' and irreversible ones 'one-way doors.' Most product decisions are reversible and lower-stakes than they feel. Understanding the magnitude and reversibility of a decision helps you avoid over-analyzing low-stakes choices and frees you to experiment.
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