Decide & conquer: the ultimate guide for improving your decision making

Part I:  Introduction   1  Chapter 1: Decision Making Shapes Your Life   3Chapter 2: The Search for Rationality   7Chapter 3: Why It\'s Hard to Be Rational   11   Part II:  How Do You Make Decisions?   17  Chapter 4: What\'s Your Decision Style?   19Chapter 5: Are You a Risk-Taker?   23Chapter 6: Are You a Maximizer or Satisficer?   27Chapter 7: Who Controls Your Destiny?   29Chapter 8: Do You Procrastinate?   33Chapter 9: Are You Impulsive?   35Chapter 10: Can You Control Your Emotions?   39Chapter 11: Are You Overconfident?   43Chapter 12: Understanding Your Personality Profile   45   Part III:  Common Biases and Errors That Most of Us Make (and How to Overcome Them)   49  Chapter 13: How Can You Be So Darn Sure About That? Coping with Overconfidence   51Chapter 14: Never Do Today That Which You Can Do Tomorrow: The Inertia Bias   55Chapter 15: I Want It, and I Want It NOW! The Immediate Gratification Bias   59Chapter 16: Where You End Up Depends on Where You Start: The Anchoring Effect   63Chapter 17: I\'ll See It When I Believe It: The Selective Perception Bias    67Chapter 18: I Hear What I Want to Hear: The Confirmation Bias   71Chapter 19: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? The Framing Bias   75Chapter 20: What Have You Done for Me Lately? The Availability Bias   79Chapter 21: Looks Can Be Deceiving: The Representation Bias   83Chapter 22: Seeing Patterns That Aren\'t There: Coping with Randomness   87Chapter 23: I Only Like Change That Jingles in My Pocket: The Familiarity Bias   91Chapter 24: Gone Is Not Always Forgotten: Understanding Sunk Costs   95Chapter 25: Keep It Simple: The Limited Search Error   99Chapter 26: Losing Your Head in the Heat of Battle: The Emotional Involvement Error   103Chapter 27: Who You Gonna Blame? The Self-Serving Bias   107Chapter 28: Novelty Wears Off: The Adaptation Bias 111Chapter 29: I Knew It All the Time: The Hindsight Bias 115   Part IV:  Advice Your Mother Never Gave You 119  Chapter 30: Clear Goals and Preferences Make Choosing a Lot Easier   121Chapter 31: Sometimes Doing Nothing Is Your Best Option   125Chapter 32: Choosing Not to Decide Is Still a Decision   129Chapter 33: Decisions Are Not Made in Isolation   133Chapter 34: All Decisions Aren\'t Important   137Chapter 35: More Information Isn\'t Necessarily Better   141Chapter 36: You Can Have Too Much of a Good Thing   145Chapter 37: Don\'t Rehash Past Decisions   149Chapter 38: Successful People Take Risks   153Chapter 39: It\'s Okay to Make Mistakes, or No One Has an Undefeated Season   157Chapter 40: Experience Can Improve Decisions, But   161Chapter 41: Where You\'re from Influences How You Decide   165   Part V:  An Epilogue   169  Chapter 42: Summary, or Why Ignorance Isn\'t Bliss   171   Endnotes   177 Index   199