Hard Choices In the bestselling book How We Decide , author Jonah Lehrer talks extensively about how decisions are made in a split second and how the brain is wired to respond quickly to situations...

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Hard Choices



In the bestselling bookHow We Decide, author Jonah Lehrer talks extensively about how decisions are made in a split second and how the brain is wired to respond quickly to situations requiring an instant, almost unconscious reaction. Examples include sports and the split-second decision to throw the game-winning touchdown pass, a pilot that successfully lands a plane with seconds to spare, etc.


Ruth Chang, in her TED Talk (2014), is much more thoughtful in explaining the process we go through when considering the pros and cons of important decisions. Begin by watching theTED Talk by Ruth Chang(Links to an external site.)and consider the information presented along with the Ethics in the Workplace (Johnson 2007) resource you read last week.


Why is it that it is often so difficult to make a decision or choice? Share an example of making a difficult decision and what your considerations were prior to deciding. In hindsight, would you have done anything differently? Was there a “winner” and a “loser” in your choice? Were the consequences significant? What might have happened if you made a different decision?


Your initial post (due on Day 3) should beat least 350 words and should reference at least two different academic sources.



References:


Lehrer, J. (2009). How We Decide. New York, NY: Houghton-Mifflin.








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Answer To: Hard Choices In the bestselling book How We Decide , author Jonah Lehrer talks extensively about how...

Parul answered on Aug 08 2022
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It was very insightful and interesting to watch the Ted Talk o
f Ruth Chang and read one of the bestsellers 'How We Decide' by Jonah Lehrer. I strongly believe that choices that we are quick to respond comes from our instincts and past experiences. However, there are certain crossroads in life that requires to delve deeper and comprehend all the alternatives which are perhaps at par with each other. That makes the entire decision making so very hard!
Indeed, it is often difficult to make certain decisions especially when there are high stakes involved in either of choices. For instance, which career options to pursue, which job options to focus on perhaps to stay in current job or shift to new one. Essentially, these choices are hard since alternatives closely relate to one another and there is none of them is better than the other. Uncovering the hard choices builds the hidden power that each one of us possess, power to create rationales. Hard choices not necessarily have...
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