Here it comes. You’re faced with a big decision, like whether or not to start applying for a new job. It looms in the back of your mind 24/7. You keep running through every possible outcome, every worst-case scenario…. but you’re not making any progress.

This week’s episode is for anyone who’s ever gotten caught up in a thought swirl when faced with a momentous decision. Learn how to put your thought process through its paces by applying a decision tree to visualize next steps and possible outcomes. 

This episode includes:

• [2:48] The 2 modes of thinking as described in Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• [3:36] Emotions can cloud our judgment, as seen in loss aversion or the sunk cost fallacy
• [4:15] The limits of a pros and cons list for making good decisions
• [5:00] What Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner’s book Superforecasting reveals about sound judgment
• [6:28] How to create your own decision tree, step by step
• [7:50] Check out Harvard Business Review’s example of a Cocktail Party decision tree!

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