THE POWER OF DECISION-MAKING | BENEDIKT AHLFELD | TEDxGraz

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Every day we make 20.000 decisions. Most of them with lightning speed; brain research proves that. The least of them, on the other hand, are rational and well thought through; the behavioral economy shows that. Benedikt Ahlfeld reveals which three decision traps you should certainly avoid and how you can utilize the findings of brain research.

Decision-making runs like a golden thread through Benedikt Ahlfeld’s life – decisions that meet his standards hold-no-barred. At the age of 13 you would have found him sitting on the rooftops meditating. Aged 16, with little more than 2 months work experience, he decided for himself to become an entrepreneur. Today, Benedikt enables people and companies to live and work smart by sharing his expertise on the psychology of decision-making.

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Here because I broke quiet hours rules at my college campus 😔

Orchard

Top decision-makers:
Set their own standards: they know what they want, and how to get what they want.
Self-management: they manage their emotions well, don't let emotions get in the way.
Implementation: they do what they set for themselves.

3 Decision-making traps:
Over-stimulation
Solution: Simplify. Pick top 7 chunks of information.

Perfectionism
Solution: Successful decision-makers act when they have 80% of the information. Fix errors on the way.

Stress: Stress raises your cortisone level, which blocks the information to your brain's decision-making center. And your amygdala makes you avoid danger. So you will fall back to old habits under stress.
Solution: train your brain under stress by doing more new things. Because unfamilar things will automatically raise your cortisone level, and you can train your brain to do well under that situation.

谢安-kt

Excellent talk. Very useful message -
Your life is a result of your decisions
Summary to take better decisions:
1. Simplify - narrow it down to top 7 (or less)
2. Train your Brain under stress by regularly leaving the comfort zone
3. Perfectionism - don't wait for 80% or more info, before taking the decision

nandantavkar

I admire you can give a ted talk in your second language.

joanwang

This is a GREAT video! I teach middle school, and I'm going to show my students this video at the start of the year. Love it! Thank you for posting--and also keeping it student friendly!

thegoatgirlcr

Anyone else get I trouble in school and got sent this video to write an essay about? 😂

eugenekanellinibean

Thank you, this speech is literally gold and I can't highlight this enough.

maria-irocharokopou

Most of the decisions we make in our lives we at some point have faced before, even the most difficult ones.

Ot-ejgi

Freedom to decide it what makes Democracy better

EFChartley

The problem with decision making is: lot of options! (paralyzation).

Solution:

1- Narraow the options to a maximum of 7 options.

2- Put Permanant Stress on your self to get adapted to decision stress by getting out from your comfort zone.

3- Don’t seek perfectionism. (if you have around 80% of the information that is enough) as Stephen R.Covey says ”Perfection prevents action”.

adnanemezrag

The "I'm not a native speaker, surprise" got me

danielvazquez

This is one of the best talks I've listened to and watched. You are great 👍

Kthpnd

He put so many things into perspective. Can we all appreciate a great delivery by this guy!

nitya

I have to say, this guy is really charismatic but he has no idea what he is talking about. Bad combination... I'm afraid that a lot of people might take his statements literally. He gives the classic empowering tips that people would really love to believe in and that keep coaches rich. Many of them are just empty words. For example, how do you know when you have aquired 80% of information? You can't. Is 80% the magic number for all types of decisions? He takes the work of great psychologists and violates them. Also, the mechanism described regarding stress is fully wrong and the leaving the comfort zone is typical empoewering gibberish.

There are tens of great videos on decision making. For anyone interested in the psychology of decision making, you can check: Barry Schwartz, Dan Gilbert, Malcolm Gladwell, Gerd Gigerenzer, Carol Dweck, Angela Lee Duckworth, Simon Sinek (some of whom are actual scientists)

armaosk