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  • The Art of Thinking Clearly

  • The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making
  • By: Rolf Dobelli
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (165 ratings)

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By: Rolf Dobelli
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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The secrets of perfect decision-making.

Have you ever...Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it? Overpayed in an Ebay auction? Continued doing something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or too early? Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances? Backed the wrong horse?

These are examples of cognitive biases, simple errors we all make in our day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to spot them, we can avoid them and make better choices - whether dealing with a personal problem or a business negotiation; trying to save money or make money; working out what we do or don't want in life, and how best to get it.

An international best-seller, The Art of Thinking Clearly is essential listening for anyone with important decisions to make. It reveals, in 100 short chapters, the most common errors of judgment, and how to avoid them. Simple, clear and always surprising, this indispensable audiobook will change the way you think and transform your decision-making - at work, at home, every day.

©2013 Rolf Dobelli (P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton

Critic Reviews

Do you have to read this book? Definitely. It's extremely entertaining and offers a fundamentally sound introduction to the nature of human thought (Professor Dr (h.c.) Roland Berger, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants)
Three pages in, and you've already learned something else (Franz Himpsel, Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Rolf Dobelli is endowed with both imagination and realism, a combination hard to find since the 16th-century Renaissance (Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of BLACK SWAN)

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Unofficial textbook

This has been an unofficial textbook (for me) in my analytical thinking class at uni. If there is a book you should read/listen to more than once, this is the book. Get it in your library and then get it in your head.

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A gem

A brilliant book everyone should read. Full of extremely useful incites about the way our brains fail us.

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Entertaining to listen to but

Makes claims and statements that are lacking In its own evidences. Makes it no better than the fallacies and biases it immensely tried to warn against.

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tick of approval

great to understand people and how / why they think. great book really help me

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What a book!! Or audiobook to be accurate

I have no words for how interesting and intelligent this audiobook was. The reader was amazing and the book content was incredible. Eye opener.. highly recommend it to anyone ..

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a must read

this is the sort of book that you read once a year as a refresher.
guaranteed you will find more and more juicing morsels every time you read it.

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Mind Explodes with every Chapter

My mind explodes with the wisdom and content in this book. I love it and highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in self help and improving their day-to-day life.

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why people make irrational decisions

Very good narrator
Concepts are clearly explained
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A must read if you are interested in the subject and want make better decisions

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Everyone should read (listen to it)

A great book that is broken into small chunks that you can digest. The topic is very interesting and relevant. I highly recommend it.

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