decision making

CM 198: Eric Johnson on the Science of Decision-Making

We like to think we’re in complete control of the decisions we make. From the sandwich we ordered for lunch to the Netflix show we watched last night. Yet, in each case, we’ve got a hidden partner, one that influences nearly every decision we make. That partner is the designer. Whether we’re reading a restaurant…

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CM 172: Ashley Whillans On How to Reclaim Your Time

How can we escape the time traps that keep us from living our best lives? These are the traps that make us feel like there are never enough hours in the day. They leave us time poor, a term Ashley Whillans talks about in her book, Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live…

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CM 162: Don Moore On How To Be Perfectly Confident

What if the biggest barrier to our success wasn’t a lack of confidence but overconfidence? We tend to associate a high degree of confidence with success. In fact, most of us believe it’s a requirement for achieving our goals. Yet extensive research led Don Moore, author of the book, Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your…

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CM 154: Laura Huang On Finding Your Edge

What happens when you actively shape how you’re seen, rather than leaving it to chance? At some point, many of us have felt overlooked, underestimated, or even ignored in our work. We may have responded by putting our heads down and working that much harder, in the hope that someone would finally recognize our talents…

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CM 147: Bina Venkataraman on How to Think Ahead

How would our decision-making change if we shifted focus from the present to the future? Instant gratification comes easily to us. But when we delay tackling long-term problems associated with things like, health, climate, or society, we cheat our future selves. Bina Venkataraman, author of the book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless…

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