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This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Praise for The Truth About Making Smart Decisions   “The Truth About Making Smart Decisions offers a truly valuable and entertaining journey through the complex terrain of decision making. Robert Gunther combines a writer's gift of the pen with a keen understanding of human nature, drawing upon his own experiences, business anecdotes, and vignettes from other walks of life. His selection of traps, insights, and truths are edifying as well as amusing, and many readers will recognize themselves as he exposes our weaknesses, and occasional brilliance, as we carve the trajectory of our life one decision after the next.” Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Ph.D., coauthor of Decision Traps and Winning Decisions   “Robert Gunther crystallizes years of expertise and insight in business writing into a book on probably life’s most important matter: decision making. How do you do it and how do you do it much better? He offers many tools to organize the mind and maximize your ability to be a leader and money maker.” Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner of Pine Creek Partners and author of The Buyout Book and Sell Your Business Your Way   “We make decision errors predictably, and Robert Gunther offers fifty ways of taking decisions more intelligently. The Truth About Making Smart Decisions is a concise and actionable guide for what to consider when facing critical choice points.” Michael Useem, Ph.D., Wharton Professor of Management and author of The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide   “If you think decision making is cut and dried, this book will make you think again. In The Truth About Making Smart Decisions, Robert Gunther offers challenging insights on how factors from sleep to intuition to emotions to mental models affect the quality of our decisions. He urges readers to take a broader view and raises issues that anyone should consider in making smarter decisions.” Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Ph.D., The Lauder Professor and Wharton Professor of Marketing, and coauthor of The Power of Impossible Thinking   Everything you need to know to make smarter, better decisions—in business and in life!   • The truth about learning from your mistakes and those of others •  The truth about how sleep can help you make better decisions •  The truth about the power of acting decisively   This book brings together 50 powerful “truths” about making better decisions: real solutions for the tough challenges faced by every decision-maker, in business and in life. You'll discover how to systematically prepare to make better decisions...how to get the right information, without getting buried in useless data...how to minimize your risks, and then act decisively...how to handle your emotions...make better group decisions...profit from mistakes...and a whole lot more. This isn't "someone's opinion": it's a definitive, evidence-based guide to effective decision-making...a set of bedrock principles you can rely on no matter what kind of decisions you make!  

Table of Contents:
Preface  ix Introduction  x   Part I         The Truth About Preparing for Decisions Truth 1       Before a major decision, get some Z’s  1 Truth 2       Act from a state of clarity  3 Truth 3       If you can’t get distance, get perspective  7 Truth 4       Keep it real  11 Truth5        Use a systematic process  15 Truth 6       Know your decision-making style  19   Part II        The Truth About Why Bad Decisions Are Good Truth 7       To make better decisions, make more mistakes  23 Truth 8       Be prepared to profit from your mistakes  27 Truth 9       Learn from your close calls  29 Truth 10     Learn from the decisions of others  33 Truth 11     Don’t judge your decisions based on their outcome  35 Truth 12     Leave yourself room to get back from the pole  39   Part III       The Truth About the Limits of Your Mind Truth 13     Understand common “decision traps”  43 Truth 14     Giving up something? Get over it!  47 Truth 15     It’s possible to miss an entire gorilla  51 Truth 16     You may see only what you’re looking for  53 Truth 17     You’re not as clever as you think you are  57 Truth 18     Your view of the world depends on what planet you’re from  61 Truth 19     Beware of seeing patterns that aren’t there  65 Truth 20     Different is not always better  69   Part IV       The Truth About Complex Decisions Truth 21     Boil knowledge down to its essence–and then act on it  71 Truth 22     Decisions are not snapshots but movies  75 Truth 23     No decision is an island  79 Truth 24     Build the city around your decision  83   Part V        The Truth About Data Truth 25     Listen for the dog that doesn’t bark  85 Truth 26     Sorry, Joe Friday. The facts are never “just the facts.”  89 Truth 27     Recognize the power of intuition  91   Part VI       The Truth About Acting Decisively Truth 28     The wrong decision is better than none at all  95 Truth 29     Get 80 percent (or less) of what you need, and then act on it  99 Truth 30     Every decision carries risk. Get used to it.  103 Truth 31     Not making a decision is a decision  107   Part VII      The Truth About Decisions in Groups Truth 32     Two heads can be worse than one  111 Truth 33     Use constructive conflict  115 Truth 34     Surround yourself with people smarter than yourself  119 Truth 35     Make decision roles clear  123 Truth 36     Break free from the prisoner’s dilemma  127   Part VIII     The Truth About Emotions Truth 37     A little adrenaline can be a good thing  131 Truth 38     Understand the impact of emotions  135 Truth 39     Beware of the attractive new shortcut  139   Part IX      The Truth About Ethical Decision Making Truth 40     Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want seen on YouTube  143 Truth 41     There are no quiet corners safe from scrutiny  145 Truth 42     To know where you’re going, know where you stand  149 Truth 43     Don’t let power or ego sway you from your course  153   Part X       The Truth About Big Decisions Truth 44     Lower the costs of failure  157 Truth 45     Break down big decisions into smaller ones  161 Truth 46     Don’t forget the screwdrivers  165   Part XI      The Truth About Moving On Truth 47     Keep your eye on the long term  169 Truth 48     Belief in your decision can make it come true  173 Truth 49     Keep a sense of humor  177 Truth 50     Don’t look back  181   Additional Resources  183 References  184 About the Author  188  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780135016541
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 208
  • ISBN-10: 0135016541
  • Language: English


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