My next workshop is targeted to small business owners, solo-preneurs, people in private practice, or those interested in starting a business. It will be an intensive session to hone your business vision and mission.
The workshop is limited to a small number of participants to allow for a very personalized and interactive approach.
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Did you notice? According to the encouraging GPS voice, you are always “on the fastest route”.
It’s true though: as long as you know where to go next, none of the past detours, U-turns, or missed exits, change the fact that you are,
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Do you know how to create a powerful statement of your organization’s mission, vision and values?
These few pages (downloadable pdf) describe a framework that I’ve found helpful in my strategic planning work. While it is geared mainly toward non-profit organizations,
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A recent study confirms it again: older adults do well with decisions that require emotional skills.
Old age affects our decision-making skills in quite complex ways. Some cognitive skills decline with age,
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Because until you fill it, it’s just a gap.
by Ursina Teuscher (PhD), at Teuscher Decision Coaching, Portland OR
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Relatively few people own private long-term care insurance, even though long-term care is one of the largest financial risks currently facing older people. A new study suggests that poor numerical skills may explain a part of that phenomenon: people with better numerical skills (even after controlling for education and cognitive function) are more likely to hold long-term care insurance.
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A holiday gift? Our new paper has been published:
Misuraca, R., Teuscher, U., & Faraci, P. (2015). Is more choice always worse?
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This month I’m recommending an article instead of a book, by Gigerenzer and his colleagues, who have been pioneers in advocating for statistical literacy:
Gigerenzer, G., Gaissmaier, W., Kurz-Milcke, E., Schwartz, L. M., & Woloshin, S. (2007). Helping Doctors and Patients Make Sense of Health Statistics.
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Thanks for submitting your answer to the poll!
The question was: Would you get a cancer screening done if it reduced your chance of dying from this type of cancer by one third?
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Entrepreneurial skills are not a part of traditional education, even though they are important if we want to empower more people to make an independent living in a world where not everyone can find a good job.
In this TED talk,
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Thanks to all of you who submitted your guesses on retirement decisions!
You can still access the poll, and read the original post.
We always hear that people are not saving enough money in this country,
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Decision Tree for a 10-Year Old
This may well be the most unusual article I’ve ever come across in any peer-reviewed journal (it was published in an open access journal, so you can get the full text pdf here):
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I’m looking for a few volunteers to test a new coaching tool that I might use in online coaching sessions.
I’ve recently discovered this collaborative brainstorming platform: Stormboard. It lets you organize virtual sticky notes on a shared screen.Since some of my favorite coaching methods involve sticky notes,
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How many Americans aged 30-54 believe they will not have enough money put away for retirement? According to the U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved from Statistic Brain Research Institute), as many as 80%.
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“Follow your passion” is a very commonly heard career advice, but Cal Newport argues it’s actually quite terrible as a guiding principle.
In his quest to figure out how people find great careers,
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Do you like treasure maps?
I do. So I’ve created one on how to make smart decisions. You can download it directly as a two-page pfd:
Or,
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Craig W. Kirkwood (1997). Strategic Decision Making: Multiobjective Decision Analysis with Spreadsheets.
*** Geek Alert! ***
Skip this month’s book recommendation if you don’t like spreadsheets.
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A study by Amber Y. Wang gives us reason to think so: students who spent more time reading and writing performed better on creativity tests.
The study only investigated the correlations however, so it can’t tell us what’s cause and what’s effect.
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Paul J. Silvia (2007). How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing.
Paul Silvia makes a strong case for scheduling in his book “
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