http://danielsmith.info/2009/12/optimization-of-everyday-life-making-better-decisions/ Australian NLP Trainer in Shanghai Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:45:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://danielsmith.info/2009/12/optimization-of-everyday-life-making-better-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-6197 Daniel Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:05:16 +0000 http://danielsmith.info/?p=1028#comment-6197 Once you can define your criteria for success - in this case cost-effectiveness - it is rational to be precise about our thinking. When you don't have criteria for success, or don't care to think through what you're doing, it makes sense to happily bury our heads in the sand... we'd also have to be prepared to live with the knowledge that we might be walking east looking for a sunset. But sometimes the walk is nice. Once you can define your criteria for success – in this case cost-effectiveness – it is rational to be precise about our thinking.
When you don’t have criteria for success, or don’t care to think through what you’re doing, it makes sense to happily bury our heads in the sand… we’d also have to be prepared to live with the knowledge that we might be walking east looking for a sunset. But sometimes the walk is nice.

]]> http://danielsmith.info/2009/12/optimization-of-everyday-life-making-better-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-6177 Adrian Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:00:21 +0000 http://danielsmith.info/?p=1028#comment-6177 At first glance this article looks a bit pedantic on how a decision is made. Yet when I look at how I make a decision, it is very much like that! Good work, Daniel, for stepping it all out. But if we don't make rational decisions for your stated reasons, then how about accepting the decision we make knowing we never make rational decisoins? At first glance this article looks a bit pedantic on how a decision is made. Yet when I look at how I make a decision, it is very much like that! Good work, Daniel, for stepping it all out.
But if we don’t make rational decisions for your stated reasons, then how about accepting the decision we make knowing we never make rational decisoins?

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