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Dan Heath, Chip Heath: Decisive (2013, Currency) 5 stars

The four principles that can help us to overcome our brains' natural biases to make …

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5 stars

In the book “Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work”, authors Chip and Dan Heath describe a four-step process for decision-making.

The pros and cons approach is limited. Psychologists say humans look for confirmation for our beliefs. We make choices using short-term emotions. We’re overconfident about our ability to predict the future.

The premise behind the decision process here is that as humans we have illogical biases to overcome. Each step is designed to counter those natural biases