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Decision Making



Decision making—the process of gathering evidence, weighing alternatives, considering consequences, and making a choice—can offer an opportunity for reflection, expansive thinking, and great creativity. But most of us don’t find making decisions to be a clear-cut logical process: we’re influenced by everything from cultural expectations to our emotional state to whether or not we’re hungry. Some of us have self-sabotaging thought patterns, while others of us have brain wirings that can make the simplest of decisions overwhelming. Many of us long to make—and be known for making—“good” decisions, but what does that process look like? Are we really basing our choices in reasoning, or on feelings? Understanding all the factors that go into our decision-making process is the first step in mastering our actions.

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Can We Rely on Our Intuition?

As the world becomes more complex, making decisions becomes harder. Is it best to depend on careful analysis or to trust your gut?

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Liv Boeree: 3 Lessons on Decision-Making from a Poker Champion

Is it better to be lucky or good? Should we trust our gut feelings or rely on probabilities and careful analysis when making important decisions? In this quick talk, professional poker player Liv Boeree shares three strategies sh’'s learned from the game and how we can apply them to real life.

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FindCenterThe enormous challenge is to make wise decisions about how and when to say what to whom, and even before that, to know what we really want to say and what we hope to accomplish by saying it.

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Conversing with Cancer: How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions (Language as Social Action)

With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers.

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I Thought Being a Health Care Reporter Would Make Cancer Easier. I Was Wrong.

Nothing can prepare you for the immense number of complicated, sometimes life-or-death decisions the disease forces you to make about your own treatment.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective People—Habit 1, Presented by Stephen Covey

"The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey Habit 1: Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life. You can't keep blaming everything on your parents or grandparents.

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FindCenterDo it or don’t do it, but get on with it.

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You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them

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Decision-Making Should Be a Required Course in Every High School

We spend too much time making kids memorize facts instead of giving them the skill that will help them throughout their lives.

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