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Psychology · 17 min

How to Decide

By Annie Duke

We instinctively judge decisions by their outcomes, a cognitive trap Annie Duke calls the 'outcome illusion.' This episode unpacks how to decouple decision quality from results, embrace uncertainty, and cultivate a probabilistic mindset for making consistently better choices.

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“We instinctively judge decisions by their outcomes, a cognitive trap Annie Duke calls the 'outcome illusion.' This episode unpacks how to decouple decision quality from results, embrace uncertainty, and cultivate a probabilistic mindset for making consistently better choices.”

— Annie Duke, How to Decide

What it is about

decision making, uncertainty, outcome bias

Who it is for

Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of decision making, uncertainty, outcome bias and better judgment in how they apply it.

The author

Annie Duke brings a credible and useful lens to decision making, uncertainty, outcome bias, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Annie Duke

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