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Not Making Good Decisions
We are exposed to biases that influence our ability to make good decisions.
- We are quick to jump to conclusions because we fail to search for information that might disprove our thoughts.
- We're overconfident. We look for information that fits our ideas and ignore information that doesn't.
Knowing these and other biases is not enough. We need a framework for making decisions.
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Defeating Decision-Making Villains
- Counter narrow framing by widening your options. Expand your set of choices.
- Confirmation bias leads you to gather self-serving information. Analyze and test your assumptions to overcome the bias.
- Short-term emotion will tempt you to make the wrong choice. So distance yoursel...
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The Four Villains of Decision Making
- Narrow framing: The tendency to define our choices in binary terms. We ask, "should I, or shouldn't I?" instead of “What are the ways I could...?”
- Confirmation bias: People tend to select the information that supports their preexi...
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Get better at making decisions
- Be aware of the cognitive biases that might influence your thinking, and then use debiasing techniques to reduce those biases (imagining you're you’re giving advice to a friend, for example)
- You can rely on your intuition when it’s appropriate to do so in quick decision making, but...
Why we make bad decisions
- We ignore the warning signs - feeling tired, emotional, distracted, in a rush...working in the "hurry up" culture.
- We focus on solving the wrong problem or fail to look at it in a broader sense.
- When we work on second-hand information...
How to make a good decision
Expert detectives have two main qualities:
- Detached involvement
- The ability to keep on asking questions
Good investigators don't make quick judgements. They know that their mind will try to convince them that their first impression is right. Instead, they force them...
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