How to Think Like a CEO and Make Power Decisions

A CEO doesn't choose what's "right." They choose what moves the business.

THE PROBLEM

You make decisions based on fairness, effort, and logic. CEOs make decisions based on impact, timing, and risk tolerance.

If you want to operate at executive altitude, you need to stop proving you're smart and start proving you understand how power, money, and momentum actually work.

THE CHEAT CODE

Think like a CEO by answering three questions every time:

What moves the business forward fastest?
What protects us from the biggest risk?
What story does this decision tell about our direction?

⚡ WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW

In the box below, pick one decision you've been procrastinating on and run it through the CEO filter:

What moves the business fastest?
What reduces risk?
What narrative does it signal?

THE TRAP

Confusing analysis with leadership.
CEOs don't drown in data. They extract what's useful to move the system.

YOUR SHADOW WORK

Write your reflections in the box below.

Where am I overthinking because I'm scared to be wrong?
Where am I using data as a shield instead of a tool?
Where do I avoid making decisions because it's easier to stay busy?

THE STRATEGIC TRUTH

CEOs don't get paid to be perfect.

They get paid to create clarity in chaos.

They collapse complexity into direction.

They make decisions that generate movement, not meetings.

They pick lanes, cut noise, and let data tell them where momentum lives.

Write your script

Think like a CEO by answering three questions every time:

EXAMPLE:

"Based on the impact, risk, and direction we need, here's the decision I'm making -- and here's the path forward."

CHEAT CODE COMPLETE

You've got the intel.

Now go make your move.

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