Decision-Making Mastery: Think Like Leaders & CEOs

Master your decision-making, and think like a CEO or a high-level manager

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πŸ€” Seeking a structured blueprint to navigate complex decisions like a top executive?
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🀯 Ready to elevate your decision-making skills and steer your organization towards unprecedented success?

πŸ™Œ Yearning to unravel the secrets behind the strategic choices of leading CEOs and visionary leaders?
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πŸ—οΈ Craving actionable strategies to drive impactful decisions and foster a culture of innovation?
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🎨 Eager to unlock the secrets of effective leadership and strategic thinking in building a thriving enterprise?

πŸ’Ό Dreaming of mastering decision-making models that ensure long-term organizational growth and resilience?
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IF YOU CAN RELATE TO ANY OF THESE, THEN Decision-Making Mastery COURSE IS FOR YOU

4 hours on-demand video

Learn at your own pace with over 4 hours of pre-recorded video lectures that you can access anytime.

15 downloadable resources

Supplement your learning with a downloadable resource, such as a cheat sheet, workbook, or practice exam.

Access on mobile and TV

Take your studies anywhere with access to the course materials on your mobile devices and even on your TV for a comfortable learning experience.

Full lifetime access

Never lose access to the course content. Enroll once and revisit the lectures and resources whenever you need a refresher.

Certificate of completion

Earn a certificate upon completing the course, a valuable recognition of your accomplishment.

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What you will learn

- Real-life examples of decision-making in common business scenarios
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- Examples of decision-making by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Paul Graham
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- Learn the Neuroscience of decision-making and how the brain works

- Learn logic and logical fallacies
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- How to stay mentally alert to make many decisions you have to make during each day
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- When to trust your gut reaction, and how to enhance it with logic and reasoning

Course Content

14 sections β€’ 68 lectures β€’ 3h 57m total length

introduction and welcome

Introduction and welcome to this course on decision-making | 01:17

The extent to which decisions are emotionally-driven | 05:55

Trusting your gut as a decision-making option | 05:06

Short-term decisions when under pressure | 03:26

Don't make decisions when you are excited or optimistic | 02:46

A study on negative emotions causing us to make negative decisions | 05:09

Decision-making matrix

Eisenhower box introduction for decision-making | 03:26

Furthering our thinking in task prioritization with automation, delegation, etc | 04:53

Psychology of happiness to help us prioritize tasks | 02:07

Decision making and strategy by top CEOs

Decision making of Paul Graham | 05:30

Decision making of Elon Musk | 02:41

Think how Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg think | 01:39

Decision-making visual graphic | 01:40

Thinking in systems

Using the example of the Entrepreneur E-myth | 05:05

Hiring as a manager, and bias that clouds decision-making while hiring

Section introduction for decision-making while hiring | 00:49

What is subconscious bias, and why it's such a paradoxΒ | 05:28

Diversity after getting rid of unconscious bias in order to hire the best people | 05:31

In-group belonging confusion | 04:20

Confirmation bias and first impression bias | 04:51

Write down your requirements and create quantifiable tests for candidates | 02:21

Bias in what you look for in candidates | 04:36

Remove name, photo, gender, age, resume source from the screening | 01:59

Subconscious bias test 1: Circle of trust affinity bias or ingroup bias | 03:43

Subconscious bias test 2: father and son exercise | 00:51

Answer to subconscious bias test 2: father and son exercise | 01:56

Getting rid of bias through exposure | 04:32

Study on UB training (Unconscious bias training) | 03:22

Don't jump to conclusions too early during the interview | 03:33

Firing | 02:39

Project prioritization case study - how I decided which projects to choose

Section introduction - business case study of time management decision | 04:56

Getting started with the Google productivity suite | 02:19

Starting the time management prioritization in Google Sheets | 03:20

Using formulas in Google Sheets | 02:20

How to create charts and graphs from Google Sheets data | 02:17

Merging cells | 03:58

Finalizing the decision and learning Pivot Tables | 08:52

What if you've already made a wrong decision?

Minimizing damage from bad decisions | 04:00

Decisions on when launching a product, feature, or business

How to decide on when to launch a business or a product | 03:44

Confidence and decision-making

Confidence and decision-making | 05:58

Logic and logical fallacies

Logic and logical fallacies for better decision-making, section introduction | 00:46

Inductive and deductive reasoning | 02:21

Ampliative reasoning | 06:45

The Socratic Method for brainstorming | 06:47

Ad Hominem | 02:22

How to treat others with opposing point of view | 05:09

Surrounding yourself with similars | 01:43

The twisted argument | 01:37

Irrelevant argument | 00:58

Case studies can be misleading | 02:25

Statistics vs. case studies - both can mislead your decision making! | 03:04

Blindly trusting old assumptions, which can hurt your decision making | 02:44

Correlation does not imply causation | 01:02

Wishful thinking that feels good, but isn't backed by sound reasoning | 01:27

Slippery slope fallacy that creates anxiety, and how to deal with it | 05:26

Improving sleep for better decision-making

Better sleep for improved decision-making, section introduction | 01:02

The Circadian Rhythm for a consistent sleep schedule | 02:52

Introduction to light exposure for sleep | 05:18

Light exposure at night | 01:30

Light exposure at night if you have to get up in the middle of the night | 01:00

Slow wave sleep and REM sleep, and how to best manage your sleep to get both | 04:20

Naps | 02:41

Not working in bed | 01:13

Diet and caffeine consumption

Diet choices for sleep vs. diet choices to boost energy and Dopamine | 04:38

Caffeine consumption |Β  07:59

Case study of how I was able to reverse extreme morning tiredness | 07:06

Making decisions with our heart vs. with our minds

Neuroscience: is humanity and human emotions more intelligent than AI? | 04:43

Conclusion - thank you for being a great studentcies

How to get the certificate for this course | 04:54

Thank you for being a great student in this decision-making course! | 00:30

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Requirements

There are no prerequisites. Just have an open mind ready to learn, and enjoy the course!

Description

Improve your short-term and long-term decision-making, and set your life and business in the optimal direction!

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Add layers to your decision-making with proven methods, science, logic, and Emotional Intelligence in you thinking

.MANY DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF CORE DECISIONS

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See real-life decision-making examples on business strategy, hiring, firing, project selection, start-up launch, product launch, and many other examples taken from real and practical scenarios.

‍HOW THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE BRAIN MAKE DECISIONS

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There are short-term decisions, mid-term decisions, and long-term decisions. In addition, there is even a big difference if you take half a second to make a decision vs. whether you take two seconds to make a decision. Different parts of the brain are activated as seconds pass.

‍GUT REACTIONS, AND DECISIONS MADE BEFORE THINKING

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In this course, you will learn some of the Neuroscience and Biology of your brain. One thing you will learn is how you form gut reactions and impulsive decisions. They are largely made with your Amygdala, and even though they are not always negative, they tend to be more negative, risk-averse, and help you avoid bad outcomes.

‍MAKING DECISIONS USING THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX

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The Prefrontal Cortex is the part of our brain that handles more complex logic and context. It usually activates a second after the Amygdala, and can add depth of reasoning to your gut reactions. You can take two seconds or days in order to fully process a decision, especially if it's a complex and highly-impactful one.

‍CASE STUDIES OF HOW SUCCESSFUL CEOS MAKE DECISIONS

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Learn how Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Paul Graham approach decision-making. Some of them are more or less risk-averse, but all of them have been successful in gigantic projects.

‍LOGIC AND LOGICAL FALLACIES

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Of course, it will help your decision-making if you immerse yourself in a little big of logic and learn logical fallacies, so you don't fall into those pitfalls! So we'll cover that as well.

Who this course is for:

- This course is great for managers, CEOs, and entrepreneurs
- Also anyone who wants to improve their decision-making

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Testimonial

The video keeps freezing, stopping and going. Sort of hard to follow like that. The content itself is great, very valuable.



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Jazzlyn Krystine P.

Would be good to share established (or tested and proven) methodologies used in making business decisions. Would be better to illustrate the approach (the how) using case studies (of different business nature) and examine the downstream impact as a result of decisions made upstream.

Jennifer L.

Overall it was good and interesting course.

Vishal Kumar H.

Very informative, and helpful.
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Rita W.

Talk to Monique