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Decision Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell
- Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that is, our genes. It depended…
- If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.
- Our unconscious is really good at quick decision-making - it often delivers a better answer than more deliberate and exhaustive ways of thinking.
- The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.
- Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.
- Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly…
- our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why…
- ...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal…
- understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.
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