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Chip and Dan Heath, the best-selling creators of Move and Made to Stick, handle one of the most critical topics inside our work and personal lives: how to make better decisions. Research in psychology has revealed our decisions are disrupted by a range of biases and irrationalities: We're overconfident. We look for 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 our company is nearsighted helps us to see. The real question is: How can we do better? In Decisive, the Heaths, based on an exhaustive review of the decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process made to counteract these biases. Written within an interesting and compulsively listenable style, Decisive requires readers with an unforgettable quest, from a rock star's clever decision-making trick to a CEO's disastrous acquisition, to an individual question that could fix thorny personal decisions. Along the way, we learn the answers to critical questions such as these: How can we stop the cycle of agonizing over our decisions? How can we make group decisions without dangerous politics? And how do we ensure that people don't overlook precious opportunities to change our course? Decisive is the Heath brothers' most powerful - and important - publication yet, offering fresh strategies and functional tools allowing us to make better choices. Because the right decision, at the right minute, can make all the difference.
