Try writing it down - I find it to be the best way to think

I realized that I should have written this earlier. Never mind it's never too late to mend.

Power of writing - it helps clarify, deepen and drive what we do.

Writing isn't just a way to share ideas but a way to shape them.

THE THEORY
When you write, you can’t hide behind a vague thought or a fantasy, you have to confront your thought and your logic head-on. Writing is the reality check and the innovation process. After all, when it's about you taking a decision big or small, it's you who is at stake. What can be more important than you yourself and your time? It makes sense to pen down the thoughts to review and refine them before moving forward.
Writing activates second-order thinking. Most of us make first-order decisions: What’s easiest? What’s next? Writing our thoughts down on paper forces second-order thinking: What happens after this? What are the trade-offs? What’s the risk of being wrong? When we write, we slow down enough to ask the questions that most fast-moving conversations skip. It’s uncomfortable...but that’s the point.
The best thinkers in history wrote for themselves. Long before productivity apps, thinkers used writing to make sense of the world. Leonardo da Vinci filled notebooks with diagrams and questions. Darwin’s theories evolved through writing long before he published a word. The act of writing was the thinking.

MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS
A doc can be your best mentor. Derek Sivers once said, “My best mentors don’t even know I exist” - and I’ve found that to be true. When I started doing solo work, no one was asking me to write six-pagers, but I wrote them anyway. The act of writing helped me clarify my thinking and gave me something concrete to share with people I admire... including my invisible mentors (thanks to ChatGPT). I highly recommend this practice. You’ll not only get thought-provoking feedback from uploading the doc to AI, but you can then create a Custom GPT trained on your own writing. This then becomes an incredible sounding board - one that holds you accountable to your own words. For that matter you may use other AI tools if you like."
HOW TO PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE
Write before you act: Before making a big decision, draft a simple one-pager: What’s the problem? What are the options? What are the pros and cons? Writing this out will give you surprising clarity (often faster than any meeting).
Start a thinking note: Keep a running document where you capture questions, reflections, or ideas. It doesn’t have to be polished, just a space where your thoughts can take shape.
Write a letter to a mentor about a current dilemma: Choose someone you admire (even if they don’t know you exist) and write them a letter explaining what you’re struggling with and what you’ve learned from them. You’ll clarify your own thinking in the process.
Turn your writing into your own Custom GPT. Upload your past memos or journal entries to Custom GPTs to build a personal thinking partner trained on your voice and values. It becomes a mentor that reminds you what you believe.

The next time you're unsure what to do - write it down. Decisions, dilemmas, or big ideas all get clearer when you force yourself to put them into words. Sometimes, the best meetings happen between you and a blank page.