Decision Making
Every outcome in your life traces back to a decision. This book covers how decisions actually happen, which frameworks make them better, how biases distort them, and how to build a personal decision practice.
Updated July 1, 2025
Chapters — 5
How Decisions Actually Happen
The standard model of rational decision-making is largely a fiction — understanding how decisions actually happen is the prerequisite for improving them.
Decision Frameworks
Good decision frameworks don't make decisions for you — they ensure you are asking the right questions at the right time.
Cognitive Biases in Decisions
Specific biases reliably distort financial, relational, and career decisions — knowing which ones apply to you is the beginning of inoculation.
Risk, Uncertainty & Long-Term Thinking
Risk and uncertainty are not the same thing — and most people's relationship with both is distorted in predictable ways.
Building a Decision Practice
Decision-making is a skill that improves with deliberate practice — the Decision Journal is the primary tool.