As I write, it’s ‘Fat Cat Friday‘ in the UK. January 4th the day when the chief executives of FTSE 100 companies have already earned as much as the average salary of their workers. Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari talks…
Book Review: Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono
It took me a long time to get round to reading Six Thinking Hats, but finally after 25 years of corporate training I took the plunge. I was expecting a brainstorming process, because that’s how I had most often heard…
Decision Quicksand: Why We Get Bogged Down In Trivial Decisions
Why do people often get bogged down in trivial decisions? It turns out that our brains use the difficulty encountered in making a decision as a factor in deciding how much more time to spend on it. Researchers Aner Sela…
Your Unconscious Beliefs Distort Your Perceptions – With Proof!
Your unconscious beliefs shape and distort your perception of what’s around you. Don’t believe this applies to you? This image, the ‘checker shadow illusion’ proves it does! The ‘checker shadow illusion’ was developed by Edward H. Adelson, Professor of Vision…
The role of emotion in decision-making
We are often told to keep emotion out of our decision-making, and decide on entirely rational grounds. Of course, when emotions such as anger are too strong, they affect our ability to think rationally. But outside of these extreme circumstances,…
Making better decisions with NLP (9) – Do you look at the upside, or the downside first?
Here’s an additional distinction I came across while listening to the ‘Seven Secrets of Wealth Attraction’ audio by Joseph Riggio. He was talking specifically about investment decisions, but I think it has a wider application. I may have missed some…
Buddhist saying refutes “cosmic ordering”
"Act as if the future of the Universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions could make any difference" — a Buddhist Saying (sometimes attributed to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) Thanks to @AboodiShabi for alerting…
Ann Frank on your power to make a difference
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank
Making better decisions with NLP (1) – Situation or Consequence-based
Actually this is only NLP if you follow the definition that “anything that works is NLP”, but it’s certainly NLP-compatible. People usually base decisions on either the situation they face, or the consequences of their decision. Situation-based decisions are reactive…