In this Abstract, you will learn:

1) Which decision-making models are the most effective in helping you improve and understand yourself, 2) Which ones help you improve and understand others, and 3) What the future holds for these models.

Take-Aways:

• To resolve difficult decisions, people turn to decision-making models.
• These models simplify choices into their most relevant aspects.
• You can use decision-making models for four reasons: to “improve yourself,” to “improve others,” to “understand yourself better” or to “understand others better.”
• Models artificially represent reality, and often they can mislead even their creators.
• Failing to make a decision is a decision.
• The best way to remember new information is to recall it on a regularly scheduled basis.
• To manage time effectively, rank your daily tasks and work on them in order.
• People often act against their most strongly held beliefs.
• The past is not a guide to the future.
• Sophisticated “prognosis tools” for decision making will replace current models.