Tag Archives: decision making

Leadership Lessons Learned From The Game Of Golf!

Regardless of the job we do whether CEO, salesperson, stay at home parent, etc., in one way or another we are all called on to lead! Hopefully there will be some helpful takeaways in the discussion below that uses the game of golf to provide lessons in leadership. Leadership lessons from golf A game of golf […]

Decision-Making: 20 Cognitive Biases To Avoid!

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Summary: How do you decide where to invest your money or whether a business opportunity is potentially good or bad? What is the thought process that goes into buying or selling a particular piece of property? Or what factors will push you in a direction concerning who to vote for in 2016? Many of us […]

Mistakes, I’ve Made A Few…

And regrets? Well I’ve had a few of those as well! In reality we all have because mistakes and regrets are both an integral part of the decision-making process that all humans go through. These decisions can be made either through omission or through commission but, needless to say, whichever method has been used they […]

New York Mets Loss As A Metaphor For Business!

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Management, whether of a business or a professional sports team, means having to make the tough decisions! In the case of the New York Mets, what happens when an employee (Matt Harvey) tells a manager (Terry Collins) what to do, and that action or inaction goes against the managers best instincts? Does the manager listen or pull […]

Janet Yellen Stands Pat On Rates – An Analogy

For those who may not have heard, yesterday afternoon the Fed announced that it will leave its key interest rate at 0%! This move came as a surprise to some and as no surprise to others. I count myself as being in the ‘not surprised’ camp as I expressed in an article from about one […]

Who’s The Boss You, Or Your Amygdala?

Your first thought, as it was mine when I first heard the term, is probably going to be this: What exactly is an amygdala? Amygdala: The amygdala is a section of the brain that is responsible for detecting fear and preparing for emergency events. (Source) Because my educational background is in business, I have little practical […]

Bad Decisions and Leadership!

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In life, as in sports, we are constantly making decisions! Sometimes we learn after the fact that we were right, sometimes that we were wrong and sometimes, both we as well as others simply cannot understand why the hell we did what we decided to do! And no, for those who may be wondering, this […]

Making Decisions

This simple thought about stress management came to me this morning concerning the way in which we live life and conduct business! In life as in business, anxiety and stress typically stem from feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and an inability, whether real or simply perceived, to affect change! When those feeling creep in, it is […]

November 4th cast your vote like it’s an important decision…

…Because it is! Summary: In some cases people may choose not to vote or, if they do, put as much thought into the process as they might picking an entree at a restaurant when they go out for dinner. In this non-partisan look at November 4th, neither one of these two choices is really very good! […]