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Decisive

How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

Book • 2013

In 'Decisive', Chip and Dan Heath address the critical topic of decision-making, highlighting the biases and irrationalities that disrupt our choices.

The book introduces a four-step process—WRAP (Widen your options, Reality-test your assumptions, Attain distance before deciding, Prepare to be wrong)—designed to counteract these biases.

Through engaging stories and practical tools, the Heaths provide strategies to stop agonizing over decisions, make group decisions without destructive politics, and ensure that valuable opportunities are not overlooked.

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Mentioned in 23 episodes

Recommended by

Ethan Evans

as a guide to making better decisions, applicable to both professional and personal life.

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Mentioned by

Matt Abrahams

while introducing

Dan Heath

and summarizing his bestselling books.

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Mentioned by

Eric Cressey

as a helpful resource for decision-making processes.

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Mentioned by

Roelof Botha

as a resource for analyzing historical decisions at Sequoia.

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Mentioned by

Mike Schmitz

as one of Chip and Dan Heath's really good books that he read back in the day.

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Mentioned by Mike as another book by Chip and Dan Heath previously covered on Bookworm.

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Mentioned by

Carey Nieuwhof

as one of

Dan Heath

's beloved business books.

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Mentioned by

Amantha Imber

as a useful book on decision-making and the origin of the 'whether or not' decision idea.

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Mentioned by

Pat Flynn

when discussing binary thinking and decision-making processes.

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