Prudent Decision Making in an Imprudent World
eBook - PDF

Prudent Decision Making in an Imprudent World

Better Decisions at Home and Work

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Prudent Decision Making in an Imprudent World

Better Decisions at Home and Work

About this book

A practical guide to making better decisions in all aspects of life, based on extensive research and a wide range of historic and current examples. Combining clearly communicated research-based principles, a wealth of practical advice, and dozens of historic and contemporary examples of decision making (good and bad), Patrick Gould's Prudent Decision Making in an Imprudent World: Better Decisions at Home and Work gives readers a fresh new way to look at the way we make choices. What makes Gould's book both authoritative and compelling is its distinctive foundation—prospect theory—derived from Amos Tversky and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's landmark research on "neuro-economic" decision making. Through the prism of prospect theory—which explains why people make conservative decisions in some instances and reckless decisions in others—Gould provides practical pathways to sound, timely judgments about relationships, family matters, careers, finances, and more. Time and again, throughout this concise but richly rewarding book, Gould demonstrates that understanding how and why people make choices is the first step toward making the best possible choices for ourselves.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780313372315
eBook ISBN
9780313372322
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. The Prudent Decision Maker Living Among Irrational Conservatives
  6. 2. Prudent Decision Makers Seek a Balanced Perspective
  7. 3. Prudent Decision Makers Are Self-disciplined
  8. 4. Prudent Decision Makers Are Not All Former Valedictorians
  9. 5. Prudent Decision Makers Are Students of History
  10. 6. Prudent Decision Makers Never Violate the Principle of Security
  11. 7. Prudent Decision Makers Are Cultural Contrarians
  12. 8. Prudent Decision Makers Seek Informational Clarity and Relevance
  13. 9. Prudent Decision Makers Never Sweat the Small Stuff
  14. 10. Prudent Decision Makers Possess Humility and Temperance
  15. 11. Prudent Decision Makers Understand That No Decision Is Still a Decision
  16. 12. Prudent Decision Makers Are Creative
  17. 13. Prudent Decision Making in Education
  18. 14. Prudent Decision Makers Know That While Money Does Not Buy Happiness, Neither Does Happiness Buy Money
  19. 15. Prudent Decision Makers Learn the Cost of Every Free Lunch
  20. 16. Semper Paratus: The Always-Ready, Financially Prudent Decision Maker
  21. 17. Prudent Decision Makers Are Epistemological Optimists
  22. Notes
  23. Index