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Decisive

How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

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Decisive

Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
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Just making a decision can be hard enough, but how do you begin to judge whether it's the right one? Chip and Dan Heath, authors of #1 New York Times best-seller Switch, show you how to overcome your brain's natural shortcomings.

In Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath draw on decades of psychological research to explain why we so often get it very badly wrong - why our supposedly rational brains are frequently tripped up by powerful biases and wishful thinking. At the same time they demonstrate how relatively easy it is to avoid the pitfalls and find the best answers, offering four simple principles that we can all learn and follow. In the process, they show why it is that experts frequently make mistakes. They demonstrate the perils of getting trapped in a narrow decision frame. And they explore people's tendency to be over-confident about how their choices will unfold.

Drawing on case studies as diverse as the downfall of Kodak and the inspiring account of a cancer survivor, they offer both a fascinating tour through the workings of our minds and an invaluable guide to making smarter decisions.

Winner in the Practical Manager category of the CMI Management Book of the Year awards 2014.

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an excellent book on decision making, not to miss 'Clinics' and 'Overcoming obstacles' sections at the end.

Decision making made easy!!

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Solid Ideas, Concepts Backed by Research
I like the way Heath brothers introduce Ideas, concepts backed by solid research. The real life events, illustrations add to the practical aspect of ideas and make it interesting. Recommend to anyone who wants to become Decisive.

Thought Provoking Decisive Read

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provides with a clear practical framework to follow to get better with your decisions. examples set the context on how to use the framework and which aspects of it needs to be used

process is important than decisions

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Enjoyed the book. Made copious notes and started applying the approach at work and life as I was reading through the book itself. I like it that the authors have given a framework to help retain the broad thought process as well.

Practical

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Lot of examples about people and companies and nations about how it turned out to be a good or bad decision but not really reflecting in detail about why it was good or bad ..

In the end a good concise conclusion would have taken the book a notch higher

What’s Missing is : Conclusive points for better decision Making

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