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decisions

Make Better Decisions By Being Emotional

Crawling through tunnel. Licensed through 123rf.com Do Not Reuse.

If you’re not listening to your emotions, you’re likely making poor decisions. Here’s why.

Finding a Dime Can Make Your Last Year Happier

Smiling child. Copyright 2008 E. Forrest Christian. All rights reserved. No permission for reuse.

Remember things as being happier by contemplating something positive before you write your resume / CV. You can use this to help you feel happier at interviews and other situations.

Not a Team Player? They’ll Make Better Decisions With You

Group of members of Sokol club in sport costumes, approx. 1900 author: Šechtl and Voseček http://sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/cml/dir/group_photos_of_sokol.html Uploaded with approval of inheritors of the copyright

Teams need oddballs to help them make the best decisions. So being a team player is not necessarily a good thing, since a whole team of team players will lead to poorer decision making. Summary of recent research.

Time Horizon and Decision Making

Klein, Gary. 1997. Making Decisions in Natural Environments. Alexandria, VA: Research and Advanced Concepts Office, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

The article is a great introduction (albeit not his best writing) of Naturalistic Decision Making, and since it was produced for the US Army, it’s free. At least to me. Maybe it is not free to IP addresses…

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