Decisive : how to make better choices in life and work

By:

Heath, Chip

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Penguin Books 2013Description: 316pISBN:

9781847940865 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

153.83 HEA

Summary: In Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath draw on decades of psychological research to explain why we so often get it very badly wrong - why our supposedly rational brains are frequently tripped up by powerful biases and wishful thinking. At the same time they demonstrate how relatively easy it is to avoid the pitfalls and find the best answers, offering four simple principles that we can all learn and follow. In the process, they show why it is that experts frequently make mistakes. They demonstrate the perils of getting trapped in a narrow decision frame. And they explore people's tendency to be over-confident about how their choices will unfold.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Psychology	153.83 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004198

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In Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath draw on decades of psychological research to explain why we so often get it very badly wrong - why our supposedly rational brains are frequently tripped up by powerful biases and wishful thinking. At the same time they demonstrate how relatively easy it is to avoid the pitfalls and find the best answers, offering four simple principles that we can all learn and follow. In the process, they show why it is that experts frequently make mistakes. They demonstrate the perils of getting trapped in a narrow decision frame. And they explore people's tendency to be over-confident about how their choices will unfold.

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