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How to Make a Big Decision

2021/5/31
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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

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Some of the most important moments of our lives are crossroads of different kinds. There’s a big decision, and we have to pick one thing over another. Today Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore how to make the important decisions in life. 

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Key Topics:

2:00: Common themes in big decisions.

5:00: Balancing short- and long-term decisions.

10:15: Knowing your own nature, and having different priorities.

17:20: Using analysis to inform intuition.

21:15: Identifying the “parts” of a decision.

22:50: Analyzing costs and benefits.

33:00: Write it down.

36:20: Working backwards.

40:30: Getting clear on what you want. 

42:30: Thinking over the long haul. 

43:30: The three circles.

45:00: Finding “comps.”

50:30: The calculus of a decision.

59:00: Affective forecasting

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