Decision-Making And Thinking Like Leaders And CEOs

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and welcome

Lecture 1: Introduction and welcome to this course on decision-making

Lecture 2: The extent to which decisions are emotionally-driven

Lecture 3: Trusting your gut as a decision-making option

Lecture 4: Short-term decisions when under pressure

Lecture 5: Don't make decisions when you are excited or optimistic

Lecture 6: A study on negative emotions causing us to make negative decisions

Chapter 2: Decision-making matrix

Lecture 1: Eisenhower box introduction for decision-making

Lecture 2: Furthering our thinking in task prioritization with automation, delegation, etc

Lecture 3: Psychology of happiness to help us prioritize tasks

Chapter 3: Decision making and strategy by top CEOs

Lecture 1: Decision making of Paul Graham

Lecture 2: Decision making of Elon Musk

Lecture 3: Think how Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg think

Lecture 4: Decision-making visual graphic

Chapter 4: Thinking in systems

Lecture 1: Using the example of the Entrepreneur E-myth

Chapter 5: Hiring as a manager, and bias that clouds decision-making while hiring

Lecture 1: Section introduction for decision-making while hiring

Lecture 2: What is subconscious bias, and why it's such a paradox

Lecture 3: Diversity after getting rid of unconscious bias in order to hire the best people

Lecture 4: In-group belonging confusion

Lecture 5: Confirmation bias and first impression bias

Lecture 6: Write down your requirements and create quantifiable tests for candidates

Lecture 7: Bias in what you look for in candidates

Lecture 8: Remove name, photo, gender, age, resume source from the screening

Lecture 9: Subconscious bias test 1: Circle of trust affinity bias or ingroup bias

Lecture 10: Subconscious bias test 2: father and son exercise

Lecture 11: Answer to subconscious bias test 2: father and son exercise

Lecture 12: Getting rid of bias through exposure

Lecture 13: Study on UB training (Unconscious bias training)

Lecture 14: Don't jump to conclusions too early during the interview

Lecture 15: Firing

Chapter 6: Project prioritization case study – how I decided which projects to choose

Lecture 1: Section introduction – business case study of time management decision

Lecture 2: Update on this section of time management with data

Lecture 3: Time management with data and Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel

Lecture 4: Section conclusion and discussion on hiring and outsourcing

Chapter 7: What if you've already made a wrong decision?

Lecture 1: Minimizing damage from bad decisions

Chapter 8: Decisions on when launching a product, feature, or business

Lecture 1: How to decide on when to launch a business or a product

Chapter 9: Confidence and decision-making

Lecture 1: Confidence and decision-making

Chapter 10: Logic and logical fallacies

Lecture 1: Logic and logical fallacies for better decision-making, section introduction

Lecture 2: Inductive and deductive reasoning

Lecture 3: Ampliative reasoning

Lecture 4: The Socratic Method for brainstorming

Lecture 5: Ad Hominem

Lecture 6: How to treat others with opposing point of view

Lecture 7: Surrounding yourself with similars

Lecture 8: The twisted argument

Lecture 9: Irrelevant argument

Lecture 10: Case studies can be misleading

Lecture 11: Statistics vs. case studies – both can mislead your decision making!

Lecture 12: Blindly trusting old assumptions, which can hurt your decision making

Lecture 13: Correlation does not imply causation

Lecture 14: Wishful thinking that feels good, but isn't backed by sound reasoning

Lecture 15: Slippery slope fallacy that creates anxiety, and how to deal with it

Chapter 11: Improving sleep for better decision-making

Lecture 1: Better sleep for improved decision-making, section introduction

Lecture 2: The Circadian Rhythm for a consistent sleep schedule

Lecture 3: Introduction to light exposure for sleep

Lecture 4: Light exposure at night

Lecture 5: Light exposure at night if you have to get up in the middle of the night

Lecture 6: Slow wave sleep and REM sleep, and how to best manage your sleep to get both

Lecture 7: Naps

Lecture 8: Not working in bed

Chapter 12: Diet and caffeine consumption

Lecture 1: Diet choices for sleep vs. diet choices to boost energy and Dopamine

Lecture 2: Caffeine consumption

Lecture 3: Case study of how I was able to reverse extreme morning tiredness

Chapter 13: Making decisions with our heart vs. with our minds

Lecture 1: Neuroscience: is humanity and human emotions more intelligent than AI?

Chapter 14: Conclusion – thank you for being a great student

Lecture 1: How to get the certificate for this course

Lecture 2: Thank you for being a great student in this decision-making course!