In life, we spend most of our days on autopilot, going through our usual routines.
We may make only a handful of conscious, considered choices every day. But while these decisions don’t occupy much of our time, they have a disproportionate influence on our lives. The psychologist Roy Baumeister draws an analogy to driving—in our cars, we may spend 95% of our time going straight, but it’s the turns that determine where we end up. To get that kind of consistent improvement requires technique and practice. It requires a process. Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath, Dan Heath Comments are closed.
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