Author : Carol Bettino
Publisher : Hats Office Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781587362729
A person's reactions to events determine whether that person will be happy. This book is about learning to deal with everyday problems and experience feelings without engaging in self-defeating thinking or behavior. You will learn how to handle problems differently. You will learn how to recognize the early stages of self-defeating behaviors and how to eliminate those behaviors by changing your reactions. You will learn to deal with feelings instead of ignoring them.
Author : Annie Duke
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0593418484
Through a blend of compelling exercises, illustrations, and stories, the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets will train you to combat your own biases, address your weaknesses, and help you become a better and more confident decision-maker. What do you do when you're faced with a big decision? If you're like most people, you probably make a pro and con list, spend a lot of time obsessing about decisions that didn't work out, get caught in analysis paralysis, endlessly seek other people's opinions to find just that little bit of extra information that might make you sure, and finally go with your gut. What if there was a better way to make quality decisions so you can think clearly, feel more confident, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more decisive and be more productive? Making good decisions doesn't have to be a series of endless guesswork. Rather, it's a teachable skill that anyone can sharpen. In How to Decide, bestselling author Annie Duke and former professional poker player lays out a series of tools anyone can use to make better decisions. You'll learn: • To identify and dismantle hidden biases. • To extract the highest quality feedback from those whose advice you seek. • To more accurately identify the influence of luck in the outcome of your decisions. • When to decide fast, when to decide slow, and when to decide in advance. • To make decisions that more effectively help you to realize your goals and live your values. Through interactive exercises and engaging thought experiments, this book helps you analyze key decisions you've made in the past and troubleshoot those you're making in the future. Whether you're picking investments, evaluating a job offer, or trying to figure out your romantic life, How to Decide is the key to happier outcomes and fewer regrets.
Author : Noah Daniels
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 47,63 MB
Release : 2013-10-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 3730955519
Do you want to live longer, happier and healthier? While you could take diet pills or supplements all day long, but it takes more than popping pills to achieve true health and happiness. While many people would love to be happier and healthier they simply don’t know how to achieve the broad picture. I know I didn’t. Not until a few years ago, that is. Even though I thought I was doing all the things I needed in order to be healthy, I knew that I still wasn’t well. I didn’t feel well and my life didn’t seem reflective of someone that was well. I was tired all the time and I seemed to catch every little thing that came my way. To top things off, I wasn’t very happy either. Something had to change! I knew I had to do something. That’s when I decided I had to find out the right way improve my state of health and happiness. I knew I owed it to myself and my family to get a handle on this once and for all! What I discovered completely changed my life! I would love to share my secrets with you and my book on health and happiness does just that! Even if you believe you are currently healthy, there is something important to learn in this book on how to achieve maximum health and happiness. I show you the tools, tips and strategies you need to balance health and happiness.
Author : Chip Heath
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 29,78 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0307361144
The four principles that can help us to overcome our brains' natural biases to make better, more informed decisions--in our lives, careers, families and organizations. In Decisive, Chip Heath and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Made to Stick and Switch, tackle the thorny problem of how to overcome our natural biases and irrational thinking to make better decisions, about our work, lives, companies and careers. When it comes to decision making, our brains are flawed instruments. But given that we are biologically hard-wired to act foolishly and behave irrationally at times, how can we do better? A number of recent bestsellers have identified how irrational our decision making can be. But being aware of a bias doesn't correct it, just as knowing that you are nearsighted doesn't help you to see better. In Decisive, the Heath brothers, drawing on extensive studies, stories and research, offer specific, practical tools that can help us to think more clearly about our options, and get out of our heads, to improve our decision making, at work and at home.
Author : Talya Miron-Shatz
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1541646746
"With a fine combination of humor, compassion and vast knowledge, Talya Miron-Shatz offers clear and useful guidance for the hardest decisions of life.” -Daniel Kahneman, Nobel award-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow A top expert on decision-making explains why it’s so hard to make good choices—and what you and your doctor can do to make better ones In recent years, we have gained unprecedented control over choices about our health. But these choices are hard and often full of psychological traps. As a result, we’re liable to misuse medication, fall for pseudoscientific cure-alls, and undergo needless procedures. In Your Life Depends on It, Talya Miron-Shatz explores the preventable ways we make bad choices about everything from nutrition to medication, from pregnancy to end-of-life care. She reveals how the medical system can set us up for success or failure and maps a model for better doctor-patient relationships. Full of new insights and actionable guidance, this book is the definitive guide to making good choices when you can’t afford to make a bad one.
Author : John S. Hammond
Publisher : Harvard Business School Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 2015-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781633691049
Where should I live? Is it time to get a new job? Which job candidate should I hire? What business strategy should I pursue? We spend the majority of our lives making decisions, both big and small. Yet, even though our success is largely determined by the choices that we make, very few of us are equipped with useful decision-making skills. Because of this, we often approach our choices tentatively, or even fearfully, and avoid giving them the time and thought required to put our best foot forward. In Smart Choices, John Hammond, Ralph Keeney, and Howard Raiffa--experts with over 100 years of experience resolving complex decision problems--offer a proven, straightforward, and flexible roadmap for making better and more impactful decisions, and offer the tools to achieve your goals in every aspect of your life. Their step-by-step, divide-and conquer approach will teach you how to: * Evaluate your plans * Break your potential decision into its key elements * Identify the key drivers that are most relevant to your goals * Apply systematic thinking * Use the right information to make the smartest choice Smart Choices doesn’t tell you what to decide; it tells you how. As you routinely use the process, you’ll become more confident in your ability to make decisions at work and at home. And, more importantly, by applying its time-tested methods, you’ll make better decisions going forward. Be proactive. Don’t wait until a decision is forced on you--or made for you. Seek out decisions that advance your long-term goals, values, and beliefs. Take charge of your life by making Smart Choices a lifetime habit.
Author : Michael E. McGrath
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,3 MB
Release : 2008-08
Category : Choice (Psychology)
ISBN : 9781935112006
DecideBetter! is the essential resource to help everyone improve their lives through better decisions. The decisions you make shape your life and better decisions will make your life much better. This is the powerful principle behind DecideBetter! for a Better Life. It is a thought provoking book developed to help everyone improve their decision-making skills. Each of the 90 short chapters are insightful, yet fun to read, words of wisdom that take the complexity and mystery out of decisions. It is filled with proven and comprehensive decision-making techniques that can be used right away. Not only can DecideBetter! For a Better Life teach anyone how to make better decisions, it also explains how people try to influence the decision-making process in order to control outcomes.
Author : Becky Cummings
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 2020-11-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781732596368
Author : Thomas Goetz
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1605291684
For all the talk about personalized medicine, our health care system remains a top-down, doctor-driven system where individuals are too often bit players in their own health decisions. In The Decision Tree, Thomas Goetz proposes a new strategy for thinking about health, one that applies cutting-edge technology to put us at the center of the equation and explains how the new frontier of health care can impact each of our lives.
Author : Daniel Kido
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,80 MB
Release : 2020-07-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780578703169
Life is full of decisions-some are as minor as choosing which T-shirt to wear in the morning and others as life-altering as deciding on a life partner or career direction. Unfortunately, statistics show that the outcomes to major life decisions are poor, with only about 50 percent or less turning out satisfactorily. This is why half of marriages end in divorce, and more than half of professionals are frustrated in their chosen careers. But there is a way to prevent or correct this and significantly increase your chances for fulfillment in all major life choices-and that's what this groundbreaking book is all about! In just a little over 100 pages you can learn how to consistently make good choices and in the process change your life.
