Howard Raiffa

Ralph L. Keeney

John S. Hammond

Offers readers an easy-to-follow process to improve ways to make business decisions, family decisions, and personal decisions

A Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions

Smart Choices

Hammond, John S.

A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions

Become confident in your choices. Where should I live? Is it time to get a new job? Which job candidate should I hire? What business strategy should I pursue? We spend the majority of our lives making decisions, both big and small. Yet, even though our success is largely determined by the choices that we make, very few of us are equipped with useful decision-making skills. Because of this, we often approach our choices tentatively, or even fearfully, and avoid giving them the time and thought required to put our best foot forward. In Smart Choices, John Hammond, Ralph Keeney, and Howard Raiffa—experts with over 100 years of experience resolving complex decision problems—offer a proven, straightforward, and flexible roadmap for making better and more impactful decisions, and offer the tools to achieve your goals in every aspect of your life. Their step-by-step, divide-and conquer approach will teach you how to: • Evaluate your plans • Break your potential decision into its key elements • Identify the key drivers that are most relevant to your goals • Apply systematic thinking • Use the right information to make the smartest choice Smart Choices doesn’t tell you what to decide; it tells you how. As you routinely use the process, you’ll become more confident in your ability to make decisions at work and at home. And, more importantly, by applying its time-tested methods, you’ll make better decisions going forward. Be proactive. Don’t wait until a decision is forced on you—or made for you. Seek out decisions that advance your long-term goals, values, and beliefs. Take charge of your life by making Smart Choices a lifetime habit.

James K. Sebenius

Richard Zeckhauser

Experts in economics, psychology, statistics, and decision theory explore the question of how to make wise choices that improve the welfare of individuals and society

Decisions, Games, and Negotiations

Wise Choices

Proceedings of the International Conference on Multi-Attribute Decision Making Via O.R.-Based Expert Systems [Universität Passau, April 20-27, 1986]

Multi-attribute Decision Making Via O.R.-based Expert Systems

Enhancing your decision-making skills to make smarter decisions is the best way you can purposefully improve your life.

Ralph L. Keeney

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