Wondershare EdrawMind
EdrawMindDecision Reading Notes
MindMap Gallery Decision Reading Notes
- 10
- 1
Decision Reading Notes
This book is the latest blockbuster work by the Heath brothers following the international bestseller "Making Creativity Stickier". The whole book has a novel and unique perspective and is rich in cases. Unique and fascinating. The theoretical framework is clear and the method is simple and practical. From the big and small decisions in personal life to the group decisions of company management, the power of decision-making is everywhere. This book will be an unforgettable reading journey. After careful study, people can avoid decision-making mistakes to the greatest extent. It will change your life by changing the perspective of how you choose!
Edited at 2024-02-01 15:41:35- One Hundred Years of Solitude Character Relationship Chart
One Hundred Years of Solitude is the masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Reading this book begins with making sense of the characters' relationships, which are centered on the Buendía family and tells the story of the family's prosperity and decline, internal relationships and political struggles, self-mixing and rebirth over the course of a hundred years.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude Character Relationship Chart
One Hundred Years of Solitude is the masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Reading this book begins with making sense of the characters' relationships, which are centered on the Buendía family and tells the story of the family's prosperity and decline, internal relationships and political struggles, self-mixing and rebirth over the course of a hundred years.
- Project Management Process Template
Project management is the process of applying specialized knowledge, skills, tools, and methods to project activities so that the project can achieve or exceed the set needs and expectations within the constraints of limited resources. This diagram provides a comprehensive overview of the 8 components of the project management process and can be used as a generic template for direct application.
Decision Reading Notes
- One Hundred Years of Solitude Character Relationship Chart
One Hundred Years of Solitude is the masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Reading this book begins with making sense of the characters' relationships, which are centered on the Buendía family and tells the story of the family's prosperity and decline, internal relationships and political struggles, self-mixing and rebirth over the course of a hundred years.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude Character Relationship Chart
One Hundred Years of Solitude is the masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Reading this book begins with making sense of the characters' relationships, which are centered on the Buendía family and tells the story of the family's prosperity and decline, internal relationships and political struggles, self-mixing and rebirth over the course of a hundred years.
- Project Management Process Template
Project management is the process of applying specialized knowledge, skills, tools, and methods to project activities so that the project can achieve or exceed the set needs and expectations within the constraints of limited resources. This diagram provides a comprehensive overview of the 8 components of the project management process and can be used as a generic template for direct application.
- Recommended to you
- Outline
"Decision" Reading Notes
Book information
author
[US] Chip Heath
Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Co-author with Dan Heath of the global bestseller "Behavioral Design: Making Ideas Stickier"
[US] Dan Heath
Senior fellow at Duke University’s Center for the Advancement of Social Enterprise (CASE) and former Harvard Business School fellow
Subtitle: How to make better choices in life and work
Publisher: CITIC Press
Publication year: 2014-1
Related book recommendations
"On gambling"
"Decision and Judgment"
"Thinking Power"
1. Main factors affecting effective decision-making
normal decision making process
Facing a choice
Blockers: Narrow thinking limits our choices
What to do: Broaden your options
Analysis options
Disincentive: Confirmation bias biases us toward gathering information that will benefit us
What to do: Test your assumptions against reality
make a choice
Obstacle: Short-term emotions often lead us to make poor judgments
What to do: Give yourself some distance before making a decision
Accept the result
Obstacle: Overconfidence in future trends
What to do: Be prepared to make mistakes
Four factors that prevent effective decision-making
narrow thinking
We tend to limit our choices to a very small range and view choices in binary terms
We ask, "Should I end this relationship?" rather than "How can we improve our relationship?"
We ask, “Should I buy a new car?” instead of, “I want to spend money to make my family’s life better, so what’s the best way to spend it?”
Once we encounter decisions such as "whether" or "should we", we must be careful. Our thinking at this time has fallen into a narrow situation.
confirmation tendency
We tend to make quick judgments about a situation and then find information to support our judgments
When we want something to be true, we return to focusing on the information that supports it, without us even knowing it.
short term sentiment
When faced with difficult decisions, our emotions often get involved.
over confidence
We are often overconfident in our own predictions
2. Expand the choice space
Avoid narrow thinking
Method 1: Consider opportunity costs
Ask some simple questions before you start making every decision
What do we give up when we make this choice?
What other things can we do with the same money and time?
Method 2: Disappear option test
take away existing options
Ask ourselves what we might do if this choice no longer existed
Other helpful questions in this chapter: How to choose a college
Multiple target tracking
benefit
Multiple choices help us compare choices
It is easier for us to understand: what is possible, what is impossible, and what variables are involved
Multiple choices help us control ourselves and keep us introspective at all times
Hypothesis: If we have three plans we want to implement at the same time, we are more likely to be open to a variety of feedback about them
But if we only have a plan, it's harder for us to hear the truth and we're more likely to interpret other people's feedback as a criticism of our plan.
When we consider multiple options, we tend to prepare ourselves with a backup plan
If there is only one choice, then we are likely to make too many concessions and compromises for this only choice.
On the contrary, multiple options help us maintain our bottom line
Precautions
Multiple options does not mean that we should pursue all options. Too many options will distract our attention. The number of options should be kept moderate.
Strive for “both” rather than “either/or” choices
Find the person who has helped you solve the problem
Step 1: Find experience within ourselves
Example
After the New Year, we have to think about fitness again, so we can draw some lessons from our fitness experience last year.
Let’s think back to the scene where we successfully overcame laziness and started working out last year, and explore what factors triggered our fitness behavior? Can we replicate last year’s experience this year?
This is the most preferred option because we are repeating ourselves and this experience is more applicable to ourselves
Step 2: Look for experience from outside
When we don’t have relevant experience ourselves, then we look for external help.
Example
When it comes to choosing a university, choosing a major, university planning, postgraduate entrance examinations, etc., we ourselves have little experience.
So a better way is to ask those seniors who have gone to college and been working for three to five years.
They have just finished college and have been working for a certain period of time. At this time, their suggestions are often of great reference value.
3. Test the hypothesis into reality
Consider the opposite situation
Find a friend to raise objections with us
Example: “What conditions must exist for this choice to be the right choice?”
We need to ask more negative questions ourselves
For example: When considering professional issues, ask "What is the career change rate for graduates of this major?"
Example: When doing a second-hand transaction, ask “What’s wrong with this device?”
An interesting application for emotions
Because we all have a tendency to confirm, once we label our partner as: "stingy", "inconsiderate", "selfish", etc., the relationship will often irreparably slide toward breakdown.
A better way is to keep a "emotional diary" and record the things the other person does that make you happy.
Once you encounter a problem, go back and read your diary, so that your relationship can often be improved.
Reduce, enlarge
When analyzing our options, we all have two perspectives, an external perspective and an internal perspective.
The external perspective refers to the general attitude of people on a large scale
Examples: comments on Taobao, Meituan, movie ratings on Douban, etc.
The introspective perspective refers to our own view of a problem, which is often overly subjective.
An interesting question is
When we make key decisions, we tend to prefer an inward perspective, that is, starting from our own subjective attitude.
But when we make shopping decisions, we are often more likely to get entangled in the external perspective.
The first method we should consider when encountering major decisions is to adopt an external perspective. The external perspective is more accurate.
Go online and check the basic rates for this problem. Sometimes the information is readily available, and sometimes you need to organize the information yourself.
For example, before choosing a major or a job, it is much better to check the situation online than to act blindly.
After evaluating the decision from the outside, narrow down the scope and conduct an inward evaluation from your own perspective.
Evaluation from this perspective can supplement our decisions
try
The most direct application is the choice of university major and job opportunities.
Before considering a certain major or job, it is best to have a preliminary understanding of the industry through a period of internship.
It is necessary to try to understand the content of future study or work. It can largely avoid us taking more detours in the next few years.
4. Before making a decision, allow some distance for consideration.
Overcome short-term emotions
Method 1: 10-10-10 method
When making decisions, consider decisions based on three different time horizons
How will we feel about this decision 10 minutes from now? What about 10 months from now? What about 10 years from now?
Method 2: Assume we are giving advice to others
The advice we give to others often depends on the single most important factor, while our own minds writhe among a variety of variables
Therefore, when faced with a decision-making problem, we might as well ask ourselves what we would advise if the person making this decision was our good friend.
Respect your core values
Sometimes we are hard to choose between two choices
Example: Two job opportunities
From a hometown, stable, close to home, but limited development
One is in Beijing, not very stable, but with good salary and broad development prospects.
Both options actually have long-term appeal, so which one should we choose?
This is when we need to define our core values
What kind of life do you want to live? Who do you want to be? What is your view on family? views on work
Think carefully about the way you want to live in 10 or 20 years and determine your core values.
When we identify our core values, it will be easier to make decisions when faced with dilemmas like the one above.
5. Be prepared to make mistakes
"Bookends" for the future
When making decisions, we must understand that the future is not a point. We cannot accurately predict what will happen in the future. We should regard the future as a range.
a range of good outcomes and bad outcomes
We cannot predict a point, but we can predict a range more accurately
There is a method called "bookends at both ends" that can help us make better decisions.
This method estimates two different prospects
dire prospects (lower bookends), in which things go badly
Good prospects (higher bookends), in which things are going well
Before we make a decision, we also need to presuppose the negative consequences of our decision and make corresponding preparations to deal with this negative consequence.
Set up a "trip wire"
In reality, we are prone to encounter the dilemma of boiling frogs in warm water.
Because daily changes happen gradually and even imperceptibly, it can be difficult to know when to "jump"
But we can set up a "tripwire" to tell us when to "jump"
One of the most common ways to set up a tripwire is to set a deadline
You need to take responsibility for your decisions when the deadline comes. Once the expected results are not achieved by this deadline, then you need to make changes.
One application of this "trip wire" is in the emotional field
For example: If there is no progress in the relationship between the two parties, then set a deadline. If there is still no improvement after the deadline, then you can consider the next option.
trust process
Before making a decision, there is another question that will bother us: confidence
Our hesitation before making a decision is largely caused by a lack of confidence.
But if we follow the four processes mentioned in this book, it can greatly help us increase our confidence, because the decision we make is at least scientific in terms of process.
Finally, review the four processes before making a decision
Widen your choices
Put your assumptions to the test in reality
Give yourself some time to think before making a decision
Be prepared to make mistakes
It is better to fail after trying than to regret after delaying