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Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life

The Truth About Making Smart Decisions

Pt. I. The Truth About Preparing for Decisions

Truth 1. Before a major decision, get some Z’s

Truth 2. Act from a state of clarity

Truth 3. If you can’t get distance, get perspective

Truth 4. Keep it real

Truth 5. Use a systematic process

Truth 6. Know your decision-making style

Pt. II. The Truth About Why Bad Decisions Are Good

Truth 7. To make better decisions, make more mistakes

Truth 8. Be prepared to profit from your mistakes

Truth 9. Learn from your close calls

Truth 10. Learn from the decisions of others

Truth 11. Don’t judge your decisions based on their outcome

Truth 12. Leave yourself room to get back from the pole

Pt. III. The Truth About the Limits of Your Mind

Truth 13. Understand common “decision traps”

Truth 14. Giving up something? Get over it!

Truth 15. It’s possible to miss an entire gorilla

Truth 16. You may see only what you’re looking for

Truth 17. You’re not as clever as you think you are

Truth 18. Your view of the world depends on what planet you’re from

Truth 19. Beware of seeing patterns that aren’t there

Truth 20. Different is not always better

Pt. IV. The Truth About Complex Decisions

Truth 21. Boil knowledge down to its essence—and then act on it

Truth 22. Decisions are not snapshots but movies

Truth 23. No decision is an island

Truth 24. Build the city around your decision

Pt. V. The Truth About Data

Truth 25. Listen for the dog that doesn’t bark

Truth 26. Sorry, Joe Friday. The facts are never “just the facts.”

Truth 27. Recognize the power of intuition

Pt. VI. The Truth About Acting Decisively

Truth 28. The wrong decision is better than none at all

Truth 29. Get 80 percent (or less) of what you need, and then act on it

Truth 30. Every decision carries risk. Get used to it.

Truth 31. Not making a decision is a decision

Pt. VII. The Truth About Decisions in Groups

Truth 32. Two heads can be worse than one

Truth 33. Use constructive conflict

Truth 34. Surround yourself with people smarter than yourself

Truth 35. Make decision roles clear

Truth 36. Break free from the prisoner’s dilemma

Pt. VIII. The Truth About Emotions

Truth 37. A little adrenaline can be a good thing

Truth 38. Understand the impact of emotions

Truth 39. Beware of the attractive new shortcut

Pt. IX. The Truth About Ethical Decision Making

Truth 40. Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want seen on YouTube

Truth 41. There are no quiet corners safe from scrutiny

Truth 42. To know where you’re going, know where you stand

Truth 43. Don’t let power or ego sway you from your course

Pt. X. The Truth About Big Decisions

Truth 44. Lower the costs of failure

Truth 45. Break down big decisions into smaller ones

Truth 46. Don’t forget the screwdrivers

Pt. XI. The Truth About Moving On

Truth 47. Keep your eye on the long term

Truth 48. Belief in your decision can make it come true

Truth 49. Keep a sense of humor

Truth 50. Don’t look back

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Truth 33

19 Kennedy, Robert F. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: WW Norton & Company (1969): 44.

20 Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations. New York: Doubleday, 2004.

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