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Do You Struggle with Indecisiveness? Maybe it’s in Your Culture

by Winston Sieck updated September 11, 2021

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Indecisiveness is bad. Indecisive politicians are a bunch of wishy-washy flip-floppers. Decisive entrepreneurs grow great businesses (or at least fail spectacularly while trying). If a decision is a commitment to a course of action, then “indecision” is a failure to commit. Indecisiveness … [Read more...] about Do You Struggle with Indecisiveness? Maybe it’s in Your Culture

Filed Under: Culture & Communication, GC Science, Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: general, values

What if Pigs Really Could Fly? Get Creative to Predict Future Events

by Louise Rasmussen updated September 11, 2021

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Thinking through incredible scenarios can be productive if you’re writing a fiction story. But, surely it won't help you predict future events? Or, will it? Research has shown that thinking about outcomes you believe to be unlikely, yet possible can help you anticipate things to come. When we … [Read more...] about What if Pigs Really Could Fly? Get Creative to Predict Future Events

Filed Under: Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: general

Evaluating Sources: Know What’s Credible on the Web

by Winston Sieck updated September 10, 2021

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Search results can turn up lots of interesting-looking pages, but efficient web learning means spending most of your time looking at the high-quality sites. People who know how to learn from the internet tend to be highly discriminating in their web site selection. They are good at evaluating … [Read more...] about Evaluating Sources: Know What’s Credible on the Web

Filed Under: Learning Science, Thinking & Deciding

A Simple Way to Make Good Decisions

by Winston Sieck updated September 10, 2021

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Figuring out how to make good decisions can be hairy. It's not always easy to get past your uncertainty and make a tough choice. So, how do you do it? Some suggest that you “go with your gut,” acting quickly and instinctively. Others suggest analytical approaches that may involve computation … [Read more...] about A Simple Way to Make Good Decisions

Filed Under: GC Science, Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: explanation, general

A Scientific Reasoning Strategy to Make Everyday Discoveries

by Winston Sieck updated September 10, 2021

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We humans like to think we understand the world pretty well. It gives us a fair amount of comfort to think our beliefs about how things work are spot on. When our human-made devices, our friends, or other bits of the natural world don’t behave as we anticipate, it’s all too common to write off … [Read more...] about A Scientific Reasoning Strategy to Make Everyday Discoveries

Filed Under: Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: general

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