The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
The Great Mental Models, Volume 1

Author: Shane Parrish

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-10-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0593719972

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Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions (with featured article ÒBefore You Make That Big DecisionÉÓ by Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony)
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions (with featured article ÒBefore You Make That Big DecisionÉÓ by Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony)

Author: Harvard Business Review

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1422189899

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NEW from the bestselling HBR’s 10 Must Reads series. Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones. If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps. Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to: • Make bold decisions that challenge the status quo • Support your decisions with diverse data • Evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor • Check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning • Test your decisions with experiments • Foster and address constructive criticism • Defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability Looking for more Must Read articles from Harvard Business Review? Check out these titles in the popular series: HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Communication HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Collaboration HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Teams

Smart Decisions: Mastering Problem Solving with Strategic Solutions for Business Success
Smart Decisions: Mastering Problem Solving with Strategic Solutions for Business Success

Author: Gerard Assey

Publisher: Gerard Assey

Published: 2024-04-26

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13:

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In today's rapidly changing business landscape, effective decision making and problem solving are critical skills for managers, leaders, and business owners. ‘Smart Decisions: Mastering Problem Solving with Strategic Solutions for Business Success’ is a comprehensive guide that equips readers with practical strategies and tools to navigate the complexities of decision making and effective problem-solving. Through real-world examples, case studies, and interactive exercises, readers will learn how to identify and define problems, gather and analyze information, generate and evaluate options, and make sound decisions. The book also explores the importance of ethical considerations in decision making and provides guidance on developing a decision-making culture within organizations. With a focus on continuous learning and improvement, this book offers readers a roadmap for honing their problem-solving and decision-making skills and achieving greater success in their professional endeavors.

The Truth About Making Smart Decisions
The Truth About Making Smart Decisions

Author: Robert E. Gunther

Publisher: FT Press

Published: 2008-04-04

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0132704110

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Praise for The Truth About Making Smart Decisions “The Truth About Making Smart Decisions offers a truly valuable and entertaining journey through the complex terrain of decision making. Robert Gunther combines a writer's gift of the pen with a keen understanding of human nature, drawing upon his own experiences, business anecdotes, and vignettes from other walks of life. His selection of traps, insights, and truths are edifying as well as amusing, and many readers will recognize themselves as he exposes our weaknesses, and occasional brilliance, as we carve the trajectory of our life one decision after the next.” Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Ph.D., coauthor of Decision Traps and Winning Decisions “Robert Gunther crystallizes years of expertise and insight in business writing into a book on probably life’s most important matter: decision making. How do you do it and how do you do it much better? He offers many tools to organize the mind and maximize your ability to be a leader and money maker.” Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner of Pine Creek Partners and author of The Buyout Book and Sell Your Business Your Way “We make decision errors predictably, and Robert Gunther offers fifty ways of taking decisions more intelligently. The Truth About Making Smart Decisions is a concise and actionable guide for what to consider when facing critical choice points.” Michael Useem, Ph.D., Wharton Professor of Management and author of The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide “If you think decision making is cut and dried, this book will make you think again. In The Truth About Making Smart Decisions, Robert Gunther offers challenging insights on how factors from sleep to intuition to emotions to mental models affect the quality of our decisions. He urges readers to take a broader view and raises issues that anyone should consider in making smarter decisions.” Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Ph.D., The Lauder Professor and Wharton Professor of Marketing, and coauthor of The Power of Impossible Thinking Everything you need to know to make smarter, better decisions—in business and in life! • The truth about learning from your mistakes and those of others • The truth about how sleep can help you make better decisions • The truth about the power of acting decisively This book brings together 50 powerful “truths” about making better decisions: real solutions for the tough challenges faced by every decision-maker, in business and in life. You'll discover how to systematically prepare to make better decisions...how to get the right information, without getting buried in useless data...how to minimize your risks, and then act decisively...how to handle your emotions...make better group decisions...profit from mistakes...and a whole lot more. This isn't "someone's opinion": it's a definitive, evidence-based guide to effective decision-making...a set of bedrock principles you can rely on no matter what kind of decisions you make!

Machine Learning for Practical Decision Making
Machine Learning for Practical Decision Making

Author: Christo El Morr

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-11-29

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 3031169905

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This book provides a hands-on introduction to Machine Learning (ML) from a multidisciplinary perspective that does not require a background in data science or computer science. It explains ML using simple language and a straightforward approach guided by real-world examples in areas such as health informatics, information technology, and business analytics. The book will help readers understand the various key algorithms, major software tools, and their applications. Moreover, through examples from the healthcare and business analytics fields, it demonstrates how and when ML can help them make better decisions in their disciplines. The book is chiefly intended for undergraduate and graduate students who are taking an introductory course in machine learning. It will also benefit data analysts and anyone interested in learning ML approaches.

The Ultimate Guide to Puppy Care and Training
The Ultimate Guide to Puppy Care and Training

Author: Tracy J. Libby

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2014-10-21

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1621871002

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As puppy adoption continues to climb annually in the United States, so too does the demand for an absolute resource like The Ultimate Guide to Puppy Care and Training. Never before have all things puppy been covered in such detail as in the pages of this definitive new book. New puppy parents will make a new dog-smart friend in gifted author Tracy J. Libby, whose inviting tone, positive dog-friendly methods, and deep-rooted knowledge of her four-legged subject, provides everything a new owner needs to know for the puppy's first year.Beginning with the selection of the puppy from a trustworthy source and the puppy's first days in the home, this authoritative, up-to-date guide covers all aspects of house-training, feeding, grooming, obedience lessons, and home and veterinary care. Experienced dog owners, too, will find solutions to commonly encountered puppy issues, from separation anxiety and puppy cough to recurring house-training accidents and food guarding. Whether it's natural remedies for allergies, selecting a doggy daycare, traveling by rail, or mastering the down-stay cue, The Ultimate Guide to Puppy Care and Training has the information readers want and need. INSIDE THIS DOG FANCY BOOK:•Puppy basics: selecting a puppy, puppy proofing and safety, daily routine, and accessories•Puppy kindergarten and house-training, puppy manners and socialization, puppies and children•Teaching basic cues (sit, down, stay, come, etc.) and advanced training•Grooming, feeding and nutrition, and exercise•Veterinary care, vaccinations, spaying/neutering, and common puppy ailments•Solving behavioral problems (jumping, digging, shyness, aggression, etc.)•25 signs of sickness, 35 major health considerations, and 50 first aid emergencies•Natural dog care: holistic, homeopathic, herbal, and hands-on therapies•Fun with dogs: tricks, indoor and outdoor games, dog sports and competitionThis volume is the only book you'll need to start out right with your new puppy!

Michael Allen's Guide to E-Learning
Michael Allen's Guide to E-Learning

Author: Michael W. Allen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-05-29

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1118761421

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An industry leader speaks out against boring, ineffective, costly e-learning and provides practical guidelines for creation of powerful, e-learning-based performance solutions. e-Learning is emerging rapidly in schools, businesses, and at home. Millions are being invested in this new, widely available technology purported as the solution to learning challenges. Dr. Michael Allen, commonly considered the father of modern interactive learning, raises concerns about misuses of the technology, missed opportunities, and money wasted on boring, ineffective e-learning. The book offers specific, pragmatic, common-sense approaches to guide the development of successful technology-assisted learning. A free CD-ROM is packed with sample applications. Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning enables business executives to become discerning e-learning investors and instructional designers to create meaningful performance solutions.

The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

Author:

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2007-10-03

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0080554040

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The view of memory use as skilled performance embraces the interactive nature of memory and higher order cognition. In considering the contexts in which memory is used, this book helps to answer such questions as: - If asked where I live, how do I decide on a street address or city name? - What influences my selection in a criminal lineup besides actual memory of the perpetrator? - Why do expert golfers better remember courses they've played than amateur golfers? Chapters in this volume discuss strategies people use in responding to memory queries- whether and how to access memory and how to translate retrieved products into responses. Coverage includes memory for ongoing events and memory for prospective events-how we remember to do future intended actions. Individual differences in memory skill is explored across people and situations, with special consideration given to the elderly population and how strategies at encoding and retrieval can offset what would otherwise be declining memory. - An intergrative view of memory, metamemory, judgment and decision-making, and individual differences - Relevant to both applied concerns and basic research - Articles written by expert contributors

Learning to Lead
Learning to Lead

Author: Ron Williams

Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1626346232

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This master class on leadership, written by one of America’s most prominent and successful executives, will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. ​In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you’re searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization. Developed from Williams’s own personal and professional journey, as well as the experiences of America’s leading CEOs, these strategies emerge boldly from engaging stories, outlined with practical steps for you to accomplish goals such as— • Launching your career quest • Avoiding professional pitfalls, wrong turns, and wasted effort • Overcoming interpersonal challenges and conflicts • Building and leading an effective, high-performance team • Prioritizing and solving problems from multiple perspectives • Developing your leadership style and mastering communication • Casting a vision and changing the culture of your organization After finishing Learning to Lead, you will be well equipped to take the next step to success in your personal and professional leadership journey. Williams’s book has the potential to join other leadership development classics on your shelf—to be read repeatedly and consulted throughout the span of your career.