Stop and Think: Ideas and Strategies to Help You Make Better Decisions
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Stop and Think: Ideas and Strategies to Help You Make Better Decisions
9.99 €
Our brains are an amazingly powerful and sophisticated tool that sometimes fails, and then we misinterpret facts, believe stories rather than statistics, jump to conclusions and hesitate to give them up. Especially often we are mistaken when information is not enough, and we need to decide urgently, right now. How do you make decisions in a thoughtful way? First, just take a break and let your brain work.
Cognitive distortions occur because the brain misinterprets the available information and prompts us to do the wrong thing. In other words, distortions show how our brains will behave if we don’t look after them. The brain is like a child: it makes decisions without thinking until we kindly ask it to do otherwise. And, like children, the brain sometimes needs to rest (e.g., pause for thought).
Columbia Business School professor Jamie Lester’s book focuses on 34 mental models that help make more informed and informed decisions. Concisely and succinctly, the author describes how to avoid cognitive distortions such as confirmation bias, loss aversion, or anchor effect, rationally approach problems and improve quality of life.
In his book you will find illustrative examples, tasks and tips that will help you make decisions in different areas of life – from household issues to investments.
Cognitive distortions occur because the brain misinterprets the available information and prompts us to do the wrong thing. In other words, distortions show how our brains will behave if we don’t look after them. The brain is like a child: it makes decisions without thinking until we kindly ask it to do otherwise. And, like children, the brain sometimes needs to rest (e.g., pause for thought).
Columbia Business School professor Jamie Lester’s book focuses on 34 mental models that help make more informed and informed decisions. Concisely and succinctly, the author describes how to avoid cognitive distortions such as confirmation bias, loss aversion, or anchor effect, rationally approach problems and improve quality of life.
In his book you will find illustrative examples, tasks and tips that will help you make decisions in different areas of life – from household issues to investments.
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