June 3: Generate Multiple Alternatives

The best solution may be your third idea.

The quality of your decision can never exceed the quality of your options. Many leaders limit themselves by considering only the obvious solution versus doing nothing. By deliberately developing multiple distinct alternatives, you expand possibilities, challenge assumptions, and create better hybrid approaches.

Take Action: For an upcoming decision, force yourself to develop three genuinely different options. Use constraint relaxation: "If [constraint] wasn't an issue, what would be possible?"