PLANNING 306. Flowchart Decisions Create a flowchart of decisions you have to make more than once. How does this improve productivity? Peter Drucker says “an executive who makes many 1 decisions is both lazy and ineffectual.” This comes from the idea that, where possible, an effective person creates systems, processes, and rules to guide their behavior, rather than make new decisions each day. After all, you don’t decide a new order of getting dressed 2 every morning. It’s underwear then pants, every day . To demonstrate, here’s a flowchart I follow every day: 1 See The Effective Executive. 2 Unless you’re Superman. 161