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14 Tricks To Improve Your Decision Making

When faced with a decision,  we generally consider  only  the most obvious and visible information, a ccording to Chip and Dan Heath, authors of " Decisive: How To Make Better Choices in Life and Work ." However, that's rarely all we need to make a good decision, because we end up missing important facts outside of our immediate view. In their book, the Heath brothers share the "four villains of decision making," which often mislead us in our choices: Narrow framing  causes you to f ocus so much on your  immediate choices that you miss other options.  Confirmation bias  leads you to  seek out information that will confirm what you already believe. S hort-term emotion   blinds you from making the right choice, even if it should be completely obvious. Overconfidence  makes you believe you  know more than you actually do.  Fortunately, the Heath brothers also share some solutions to these problems. Here are their ...