# The OODA Loop: How Fighter Pilots Make Fast and Accurate Decisions

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## What Jamie wrote

Good read and a mental model I had not heard of before.

> The OODA Loop is a four-step process for making effective decisions in high-stakes situations. It involves collecting relevant information, recognizing potential biases, deciding, and acting, then repeating the process with new information.

** Observe → Orient → Decide → Act ↩**

I think the Orient step is the one that could easily be missed.

> Orientation means connecting yourself with reality and seeing the world as it really is, as free as possible from the influence of cognitive biases and shortcuts.

🤔

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