
- 354 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The year 2022 was supposed the best year of my career. Being in my early 50s I was about to complete my first decade working in the pharmaceutical industry. I would be lying if I said that the transition from the energy industry to pharmaceuticals had been easy, but after a few difficult years I felt confident about the future. Then one day, I was rushed to hospital because I had collapsed in the garden. A scan showed that I had a brain tumour. From that day onwards matters changed dramatically – things that were important to me before lost all their value whilst other things that I had taken for granted before became suddenly very important to me.This book is my attempt to make a difference to all people who are suffering from a terminal illness, or indeed all people who must make personal decisions at difficult and emotionally charged times. This book is intended for individuals who wish to improve their decision-making skills by using structured and analytical thinking. In this personal book, I am using examples and thought experiments to illustrate how decision analysis can be used to increase our awareness of available choices and uncertainties that we are exposed to.
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Table of contents
- Insight
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Copyright Information ©
- Acknowledgement
- Part 1
- Synopsis
- Introduction
- Part 2
- Surviving
- Life
- Part 3
- Outline of part 3
- Communication
- Creativity
- Appendix: Solution of the nine-dot problem
- Values
- Decision Analysis
- Willingness to Pay
- Innumeracy
- Appendix: Standard Deviation and Standard Error
- Appendix: Proof of visual illusion
- Appendix: Calibration questions
- Part 4
- Afterword
- References