Decisive. Book Summary

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Chip Heath and Dan Heath

What’s inside

Decisive offers an insightful analysis of the decision-making process and presents a four-step strategy to overcome biases and make better choices in both personal and professional contexts.

You’ll Learn

  • Improved decision-making skills in complex situations
  • Enhanced ability to recognize and mitigate personal biases
  • Tools for widening perspectives on potential choices
  • Strategies for anticipating and planning for future outcomes

Key Points

  • Widen Your Options beyond narrow framing
  • Reality-Test Your Assumptions to avoid confirmation bias
  • Attain Distance Before Deciding to mitigate short-term emotion
  • Prepare to Be Wrong by setting tripwires
  • Overcome Short-term Emotion through 10/10/10 analysis
  • Trust the Process for consistent decision-making
  • Embrace the Ooch concept for small experiments to test one’s hypotheses

Who’s it For

  • Business Professionals
  • Managers and Leaders
  • Psychology Enthusiasts
  • Anyone Facing Important Decisions

About the author

Chip Heath and Dan Heath are renowned authors known for their insightful works on business and human behavior.