In 1977, Phil was handed a microphone and asked whether a grown man should eat pie before dinner. He answered “probably” with such authority that the room went quiet.
No prophecy. No secret society. Just excellent hair and a refusal to waste a perfectly good afternoon on hesitation.
02 / PHIL'S METHOD
Make it weirdly official.
01
Ask it clean.
If the question needs twelve footnotes, you already know the answer.
02
Pick before coffee cools.
A decision has a shelf life. Phil respects dairy and deadlines.
03
Own the haircut.
Commitment is mostly posture with better lighting.
03 / FILED DECISIONS
Three cases. No appeals.
Case 01 — The buttonCase 02 — The listCase 03 — The choice
04 / FIELD NOTE
Confidence is a costume.
“If you’re going to be wrong, at least arrive with a mustache.”
