LinkedIn News Live: Decision-making w/ Dan Ariely

To do or not to do? That question can be even harder under stress or when there are multiple unknowns. And yet much of one’s success at work is contingent on the ability to make good decisions.

Nina Melendez sits down with Dan Ariely—social scientist, professor, and best-selling author of seven books— to discuss the key to decision-making, based on insights from his extensive research.

Decisions inform every aspect of life, from major milestones to day-to-day events. And yet decision-making is something many of us continue to struggle with, particularly when the stakes are high. Luckily, behavioral economist Dan Ariely has broken the process into components; his work centers around identifying scientific ways we can go about making better decisions, including how to combat irrational tendencies that often make us act against our own best interests.

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