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Make better decisions – every day, everywhere! Decide and Conquer, Second Edition

Table of Contents:
Part I:  Introduction     1 Chapter 1: Decision Making Shapes Your Life     3 Chapter 2: The Search for Rationality     7 Chapter 3: Why It’s Hard to Be Rational     11   Part II:  How Do You Make Decisions?     17 Chapter 4: What’s Your Decision Style?     19 Chapter 5: Are You a Risk-Taker?     23 Chapter 6: Are You a Maximizer or Satisficer?     27 Chapter 7: Who Controls Your Destiny?     29 Chapter 8: Do You Procrastinate?     33 Chapter 9: Are You Impulsive?     35 Chapter 10: Can You Control Your Emotions?     39 Chapter 11: Are You Overconfident?     43 Chapter 12: Understanding Your Personality Profile     45   Part III:  Common Biases and Errors That Most of Us Make (and How to Overcome Them)     49 Chapter 13: How Can You Be So Darn Sure About That? Coping with Overconfidence     51 Chapter 14: Never Do Today That Which You Can Do Tomorrow: The Inertia Bias     55 Chapter 15: I Want It, and I Want It NOW! The Immediate Gratification Bias     59 Chapter 16: Where You End Up Depends on Where You Start: The Anchoring Effect     63 Chapter 17: I’ll See It When I Believe It: The Selective Perception Bias      67 Chapter 18: I Hear What I Want to Hear: The Confirmation Bias     71 Chapter 19: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? The Framing Bias     75 Chapter 20: What Have You Done for Me Lately? The Availability Bias     79 Chapter 21: Looks Can Be Deceiving: The Representation Bias     83 Chapter 22: Seeing Patterns That Aren’t There: Coping with Randomness     87 Chapter 23: I Only Like Change That Jingles in My Pocket: The Familiarity Bias     91 Chapter 24: Gone Is Not Always Forgotten: Understanding Sunk Costs     95 Chapter 25: Keep It Simple: The Limited Search Error     99 Chapter 26: Losing Your Head in the Heat of Battle: The Emotional Involvement Error     103 Chapter 27: Who You Gonna Blame? The Self-Serving Bias     107 Chapter 28: Novelty Wears Off: The Adaptation Bias    111 Chapter 29: I Knew It All the Time: The Hindsight Bias    115   Part IV:  Advice Your Mother Never Gave You    119 Chapter 30: Clear Goals and Preferences Make Choosing a Lot Easier     121 Chapter 31: Sometimes Doing Nothing Is Your Best Option     125 Chapter 32: Choosing Not to Decide Is Still a Decision     129 Chapter 33: Decisions Are Not Made in Isolation     133 Chapter 34: All Decisions Aren’t Important     137 Chapter 35: More Information Isn’t Necessarily Better     141 Chapter 36: You Can Have Too Much of a Good Thing     145 Chapter 37: Don’t Rehash Past Decisions     149 Chapter 38: Successful People Take Risks     153 Chapter 39: It’s Okay to Make Mistakes, or No One Has an Undefeated Season     157 Chapter 40: Experience Can Improve Decisions, But     161 Chapter 41: Where You’re from Influences How You Decide     165   Part V:  An Epilogue     169 Chapter 42: Summary, or Why Ignorance Isn’t Bliss     171   Endnotes     177 Index     199

About the Author :
Stephen P. Robbins (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is professor emeritus of management at San Diego State University and the world's best-selling textbook author in the areas of both management and organizational behavior. His books have sold more than 6 million copies and have been translated into 20 languages. His books are currently used at more than 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities, as well as hundreds of schools throughout Canada, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.   In Dr. Robbins’ “other life,” he participates in masters’ track competitions. Since turning 50 in 1993, he has set numerous indoor and outdoor age-group world sprint records. He has won two dozen indoor and outdoor U.S. championships at 60m, 100m, 200m, and 400m, and 14 individual gold medals at World Masters Track Championships. In 2005, Dr. Robbins was elected into the USA Masters’ Track & Field Hall of Fame.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133966879
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0133966879
  • Publisher Date: 06 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Sub Title: The Ultimate Guide for Improving Your Decision Making


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