Pause to Think: Using Mental Models to Learn and Decide

by Jaime Lester

Book Overview

Our brains are wonderful tools, but they are nonetheless prone to misjudging information and making suboptimal decisions. In many situations, we act without fully considering why we are behaving in a certain way. We like to feel good about ourselves; we interpret the world using stories instead of statistics; and we make instinctive judgments and then stick to them. How can we think more clearly and make better decisions--in business and in life?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231212984
• ISBN13: 9780231212984
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"