Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B3Z5QFK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 577 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mike Mertens said A Helpful Guide to Making Better Decisions. I highly recommend Decisive as a valuable aid to making more objective decisions. The Heath Brothers do a great job laying out a better and more memorable process for making decisions while illustrating the principles with a wide variety of examples. They begin by discussing how the normal decision making process proceeds in A Helpful Guide to Making Better Decisions Mike Mertens I highly recommend Decisive as a valuable aid to making more objective decisions. The Heath Brothers do a great job laying out a better and more memorable process for making decisions while illustrating the principles with a wide variety of examples. They begin by discussing how the normal decision making process proceeds in 4 steps, each of which has a "villain" that can negatively impact it. To quote from their introduction:* You encounter a choice. But narrow framing makes you miss options.* You analyze your options. But the confirmation bias leads you to gather self-serving information.* You make a choice. B. steps, each of which has a "villain" that can negatively impact it. To quote from their introduction:* You encounter a choice. But narrow framing makes you miss options.* You analyze your options. But the confirmation bias leads you to gather self-serving information.* You make a choice. B. Another Keeper but a Tougher Read When I received news of a soon to be released third book by the brothers Heath I immediately jumped on the opportunity and as with the earlier two I am glad I did.Now, a word of caution to the reader, this book is a lot more dense than the other two and therefore takes more energy to read. However, I applaud the Heath's for continually tackling tough and complex topics and doing their best to make them accessible. As a business owner I know the book took me on a roller coaster ride through my personal history of decisions made, those with both good and bad outcomes.As a collector of resources that become permane. Not what I expected. Lee K The basic premise of the book is a good one and I think that the authors did a good job of framing it up. The details included in the book seem to be a collection of their favorite business stories and had little to do point they were raising. After reading a story I found myself asking 'what did that have to do with the point they were trying to raise?' Usually nothing.I do think that a better job could have been done in developing their 4 reasons for bad decisions. While I think they are accurate there was little effort in the book to explain these reasons other then just stating them.Originally I bought this
Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities: We're overconfident. We seek out information that supports us and downplay information that doesn't. We get distracted by short-term emotions. Unfortunately, merely being aware of these shortcomings doesn't fix the problem, any more than knowing that we are nearsighted helps us to see. Along the way, we learn the answers to critical questions such as these: How can we stop the cycle of agonizing over our decisions? How can we make group decisions without destructive politics? And how can we ensure that we don't overlook precious opportunities to change our course? Decisive is the Heath brothers' most powerful - and important - book yet, offering fresh strategies and practical tools enabling us to make better choices. Chip and Dan Heath, the best-selling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, tackle one of the most critical topics in our work and personal lives: how to make better decisions. Because the right decision, at the right moment, can make all the difference.. When it comes to making choices, it seems, our brains are flawed instruments. Written in an engaging and compulsively listenable style, Decisive takes readers on an unforgettable journey, f