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Buying Choices

Why Do More Buying Choices Cause Unhappiness?

More buying choices lead to less happiness. To make better shopping decisions, satisfice and limit your options. There is no such thing as the perfect deal, so look for products that are good enough
MUM Effect

Are You Missing Vital Information Due to the MUM Effect? (Video and Podcast)

Company cultures and top leaders may unconsciously penalize subordinates who bring them bad news. This dangerous judgment error is called the MUM effect and it creates an atmosphere of secrecy that leads successful companies to stagnate and deteriorate. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the danger of missing vital information due to the MUM Effect.
Thrive During This Pandemic

How Can You Thrive During This Pandemic?

The journey to self-actualization is also your path to thriving in this pandemic. Evaluate your life through the lens of exploration, love, and purpose and ensure that you satisfy these needs.
shopping choices

New Survey Gives Insight On Your Shopping Choices

When it comes to shopping, we overestimate our abilities to keep our impulses in check. You can avoid poor shopping choices by developing a host of shopping mental skills.
Your Career

8 Steps to Protect Your Career During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Changing jobs or industries during this pandemic is not only possible, but might be critically important for achieving your career potential. Use the best decision-making steps so that you and your career can thrive, not just survive.
Prevent Conflicts

How to Prevent Conflicts Across Age Divides (Video and Podcast)

In order to prevent conflicts across age divides, organizations need to avoid dangerous judgment errors. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show.
COVID-19 Misinformation

The Deadly Threat of COVID-19 Misinformation in Mainstream Media

Misinformation kills. Failing to vet thoroughly the quality of information from your favorite news source can lead you and those you care about to suffer health disasters, whether regarding COVID-19 or other health risks.
Social Intelligence

Build Strong Stakeholder Relationships Through These Three Social Intelligence Methods

Form lasting connections to stakeholders and help them feel understood by using the three social intelligence methods of empathetic listening, echoing and mirroring, and building rapport.
Getting back to normal

The Trap of Getting Back to Normal in the Pandemic

Your company can survive and thrive in the new abnormal of the pandemic by protecting yourself from mental blindspots such as the normalcy bias.
survive and thrive

How Your Household Can Survive and Thrive During This Pandemic

You can survive and thrive in the new abnormal of the pandemic by identifying and addressing fundamental needs of your household: safety, connection, and self-esteem.