Summary: Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling 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.
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. When it comes to making choices, it seems,
our brains are flawed instruments. Unfortunately, merely being aware of these
shortcomings doesn’t fix the problem, any more than knowing that we are
nearsighted helps us to see. The real question is: How can we do better?
In Decisive, the Heaths, based on an exhaustive study of the
decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process designed to
counteract these biases. Written in an engaging and compulsively readable
style, Decisive takes readers on an unforgettable journey,
from a rock star’s ingenious decision-making trick to a CEO’s disastrous
acquisition, to a single question that can often resolve thorny personal
decisions.
Along the way, we learn the answers to critical questions like these: How can
we stop the cycle ofagonizing 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. Because the right decision, at the right moment, can make all the
difference.
Angie's Comments: The
Heath brothers propose several steps when making a decision. Those steps aren’t
what I normally do when making a decision, but I plan on using them in the
future! If you are at all interested in making better decisions, I highly
recommend this book. The writing is easy to understand. Will I use the steps
for all decisions that I make? No, but for the important decisions I now have better
way to think about them.
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