“While books like Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow bring theoretical ideas to a mass audience … You Are What You Decide takes a big step towards real-world decision-making showing how anyone can improve their decision-making by adopting a few simple behaviors.”
– Andrew Tait, Chief Technology Officer, Decision Mechanics
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“You Are What You Decide is a concise book that distills complex ideas into a straightforward, highly readable framework.”
– Sherm Bodner, President and Publisher, Gannett Central New York Media
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Readers respond to the Eight Keys: the Bostroms buy a car
“I found Sean Brady’s You Are What You Decide to be both useful and insightful…This book is an easy and enjoyable read that is packed full of practical ways to make better decisions.
– Matthew J. Salanger, President & CEO, United Health Services
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Gannett papers feature Prism and the Eight Keys
You Are What You Decide … is a remarkably insightful and useful book that provides a depth and grounding for your own personal and professional decision-making.
– John Sipple, Associate Professor, Cornell University
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Luck
Only sheer hubris would dismiss the role of luck – good or bad – in each of our lives.
The planning fallacy and optimism bias
Are you considering a major building project? An addition to your home? An information technology overhaul for your business? If so, be acutely aware of the planning fallacy — and try to avoid its pitfalls. Optimism bias may well be the most significant of all cognitive biases. Read on at https://prismdecision.com/the-planning-fallacy-and-optimism-bias
Haiti, Camus, the Surgeon
Albert Camus’ The Plague and a surgeon’s decision to drop everything and go to Haiti.
Susan Arbetter interviews Sean Brady re: NYS open data initiative
Click on the play button below to listen to the podcast of the March 8, 2012 interview on The Capitol Pressroom where Susan Arbetter discusses an open letter from Sean Brady and Cornell professor John Sipple to Andrew Cuomo advocating that the governor support a New York State government open data initiative. The letter appeared […]
Personal transformation and New Year’s resolutions
This post describes seven strategies for maintaining your will power and achieving personal transformation – or at least your New Year’s resolution!