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    Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
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    Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
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    Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

    Written by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

    Narrated by Kaleo Griffith

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    About this audiobook

    Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, tackle one of the most critical topics in our work and personal lives: how to make better decisions.　

    Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities: We're overconfident. We seek out 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 we are nearsighted helps us to see. The real question is: How can we do better?

    In Decisive, the Heaths, based on an exhaustive study of the decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process designed to counteract these biases. Written in an engaging and compulsively readable style, Decisive takes readers on an unforgettable journey, from a rock star's ingenious decision-making trick to a CEO's disastrous acquisition, to a single question that can often resolve thorny personal decisions.

    Along the way, we learn the answers to critical questions like these: How can we stop the cycle of agonizing over our decisions? How can we make group decisions without destructive politics? And how can we ensure that we don't overlook precious opportunities to change our course?

    Decisive is the Heath brothers' most powerful-and important-book yet, offering fresh strategies and practical tools enabling us to make better choices. Because the right decision, at the right moment, can make all the difference.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 26, 2013
    ISBN9780449011126
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    Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
    Author

    Chip Heath

    Chip Heath is a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Chip and his brother Dan have written four New York Times bestselling books: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments. Their books have sold over three million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-three languages including Thai, Arabic, and Lithuanian. He has helped over 530 startups refine and articulate their strategy and mission. Chip lives in Los Gatos, California.

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    • 5/5
      Highly recommended
    • 5/5
      Un libro muy en la línea de estos autores. Bien documentado, exhaustivo y ameno. Es una herramienta excelente para mejorar nuestros procesos de decisión y ser más eficientes. Lo recomiendo sin dudarlo.
    • 5/5
      Another great book by the Heath brothers. Very insightful information.
    • 5/5
      Excellent read - extremely practical and thought provoking.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Well organized, useful information.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      One of the top audio's I have heard this year. So many great actionable advice on decision making provided in an engaging format. While it is hard to remember all of them you don't have to. They have the main points summarized on-line for those who purchase their audio. While I have heard bits and pieces of many of these ideas in other audio books this one brought the best ones together and was able to expand on them. If you enjoyed their previous work (Made to Stick or Switch) then you will not be disappointed by Decisive. Unlike many other authors each book is very different and they do not repeat themselves.

      1 person found this helpful