how to be happy by making good decisions
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Making decisions is the most important things humans do. But, we are not very good at that. This is the first know attempt to consolidate relevant information about how to make good decisions. It is a somewhat self documenting presentation on the neuroboiological underpinnings and process for good decision making.TRANSCRIPT
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Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience demonstrate that the human mind is an amazing organ – well designed to handle the competitive world that knowledge workers face; it only needs to be tuned. This is the first attempt to gather and organize relevant research and apply that understanding to making knowledge workers substantially more productive.
This topic is critical because the competitive advantage of individuals, companies and nations will be gained from knowledge worker productivity. Cisco Systems, a market share leader in each of their segments, attributes this lead to an investment in knowledge worker capital which provides a 300% revenue per employee advantage over their direct competitors.
While athletes train lifting 300 pound weights, knowledge workers will train on grapes, liar’s dice tournaments and dancing lessons. Getting the advantage is amazingly easy.This is the story of how that can be.
This presentation provides a robust outline for a course syllabus. The discussion is generalized but integrates a prescription for improving the most important thing knowledge workers do; make good decisions.
Implementing decisions is a simple derivative. It is easy to get started; it is even easier to do. Everybody does better and everybody wins.
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DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPIER?
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Did you just see a flying saucer?
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Table of Contents
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The Miracle and Magic of the MindHow to Get Smarter
Thinking for HappinessSteps for Success
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Today’s Tough, New Decisions
• Why This Is Important
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Why This Is Important
Making Decisions Is the Most Important Thing We Do
1. Decisions are predictions about risk and outcomes
2. Your decisions are your destiny
3. There is no universal recipe for good decision making
4. There is only commitment to health, happiness, wisdom and vigilance to avoid errors
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Why This Is Important
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Intelligence is the ability to solve shift problems
Genius is the ability to solve shift problems very creatively
SUCCESS = VERY CREATIVE ADAPTATION
Lasted 250M Years
Lasted 0.2M Years
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Why This Is Important
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Mind Matter
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Why This Is Important
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Mind
Matter
It’s Mind Over Matter
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The Leader’s Mind in the 21st Century
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Early Thinkers - from Confucius to Aristotle -Emphasized a Balanced Mind
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The Leader’s Mind for 21st Century
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Reprogramming the Mind
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Things Evolve.Do You?
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Types of Decisions
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The Secret
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Wealth
Happine
ss
Happine
ss
Wealth
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THE MIRACLE AND MAGIC OF THE MINDBuilding a smarter brain.
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The first living thing made decisions
The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
• 11 dimensions of space • Trillions of universes • Everything consists of
vibrating energy strings• You only exist because I
see you
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Cosmology’s View
The Observer
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
• Your brain wants to get smarter
• Your brain loves to network
• The best network wins
• Winning updates your DNA
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cerebellum
The Neurologist’s View
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
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The Modern View
Enormous Upsides
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
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Exercise Free WillOver
Molecular Determinism
Mindfulor
Mindless
The Choice
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FREEING THE GENIUS IN YOU
The Leader’s Mind
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ClearHealthy
Deep Decisive
The Four Pillars of Wisdom
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The Leader’s Mind
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• The Four Pillars of Widsom
Decisive• Analyze• Prepare• Process
Healthy• Neural plasticity• Neural genesis• Epigenetics
Deep • Perception• Creativity• Traps
Clear• Awareness• Calming• Exercise• Sleep• Socialization• Giving
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The Leader’s Mind
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Decisive• Analyze• Prepare• Process
Deep • Preference• Perception• Creativity• Traps
Clear• Awareness• Calming• Exercise• Sleep• Socialization• Giving
Healthy•Neural plasticity•Neural genesis•Epigenetics
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HEALTHY THINKINGSupercharging your mind.
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Neural Plasticity
ConnectomicsEpigenetics
Supercharging Your Mind
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A Little Brain Sc
ience
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Supercharging Your Mind
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How to Become Smarter
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Decisive• Analyze• Prepare• Process
Healthy• Neural plasticity• Neural genesis• Epigenetics
Deep • Preference• Perception• Creativity• Traps
Clear
•Awareness
•Calming
•Exercise
•Sleep
•Socialization
•Giving
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HOW TO BECOME SMARTERFertilizing the mind.
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How to Become Smarter
• Become Awareness
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The single strongest theme we heard in our interviews was the need for MBA students to cultivate greater self-awareness.
“…The more an MBA understands his or her impact on others and vice-versa, the more effective he or she will be."
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How to Become Smarter
• Awareness
– Be aware
– Be nonjudgmental
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How to Become Smarter
• Self Awareness
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How to Become Smarter
• Self Awareness
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Be Empathic
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How to Become Smarter
• Accept Strengths and Weaknesses
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Visionary
Procedural
Harmony
Analytical
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How to Become Smarter
• Do Exciting Things
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How to Become Smarter
• Eat (right)
– Weight ratios
– Food ratios
– Antioxidants
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How to Become Smarter
• Exercise
– Cleanses
– Energizes
– Smartens
– Endures
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What Is th
e Best Exercise
?
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How to Become Smarter
• Sleep
– Good for memory
– Naps can make you smarter
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How to Become Smarter
• Calm Minds Stay Smarter
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Prefrontal Cortex Thickness(mm)Meditators vs. Non-Meditators
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How to Become Smarter
• Care About Friends
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How to Become Smarter
• Just Give
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How to Become Smarter
• Happiness Brings Success
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Happy workers have higher levels of
productivity, produce higher sales, perform
better in leadership positions, and receive
higher performance ratings and higher pay.
They also enjoy more job security and are less
likely to take sick days, to quit, or to become
burned out.
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How to Become Smarter
Happiness
Wealth
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The Leader’s Mind
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Decisive• Analyze• Prepare• Process
Healthy• Neural plasticity• Neural genesis• Epigenetics
Clear• Awareness• Calming• Exercise• Sleep• Socialization• Giving
Deep •Perception•Creativity•Traps
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DEEP THINKINGKnowing how you think makes a big difference.
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Deep Thinking
• Story a Value Added Outcome
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Deep Thinking
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Perceptual Distortions Yield Bad Thinking
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Deep Thinking
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Overcome Perception Distortions
$5
$90
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Deep Thinking
• Create and Link (Lots of) Ideas
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Lateral Thinking
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Deep Thinking
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Most Common Mental Traps
Distrust
Stress
Framing
Sin of Certainty
Ambiguity
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The Leader’s Mind
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Decisive•Analyze•Prepare•Process
Healthy• Neural plasticity• Neural genesis• Epigenetics
Deep • Perception• Creativity• Traps
Clear• Awareness• Calming• Exercise• Sleep• Socialization• Giving
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DECISIVE THINKINGA system to put it together.
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Decisive Thinking
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Circumstances Rule
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Decisive Thinking
• Decision Circumstances
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Complexity
Deadlines
Information
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Decisive Thinking• Cultivate a Thinking Network
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Self
Network
Cabinet
PowerfulNetworkWisdom
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Decisive Thinking• Network Wisdom
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Fishing Tools:7x quantity2x complexity
Modern Network Collectives• Email distribution lists• Webcasts• Podcasts• Social networks• Prosumers• Wikis• Crowdsourcing
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Decisive Thinking
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Prepare Think Decide Learn
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Decisive Thinking
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Prepare Learn
• Be aware
• Identify the issue
• Imagine a value-based result
• Identify boundaries
• Select resources
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Decisive Thinking
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Prepare
ThinkDecide Learn
• Identify & reduce the facts
• Find down-side risks
• Stream and link many ideas
• Rank alternatives by criteria
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Decisive Thinking
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Prepare Think Decide Learn
• Make a trial decision
• Story a pre-mortem
• Commit
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Decisive Thinking
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Prepare Think Decide Learn• Run a post-mortem
• Learn
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Be a Winner
Better decisions make a better you.
All you need to do is:
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• Accept free will to make changes
• Live like we are designed to live
• Embrace your process
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Be a Winner
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• Be aware• Sleep• Nourish• Exercise• Calm • Develop whole-brain skills• Do interesting things• Enjoy lots of friends• Engage your system
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Be a Winner
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Decisive• Analyze• Prepare• Process
Healthy• Neural plasticity• Neural genesis• Epigenetics
Deep • Style• Perception• Creativity• Traps
Clear• Awareness• Calming• Exercise• Sleep• Socialization• Giving
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HYPERLINKS
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
• The Mind’s Guidance System
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Attention
Memory
Convergence Divergence
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The Miracle and Magic of the Mind
• The Mind’s Guidance System
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Attention
Memory
Convergence Divergence
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