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Pre-Decisions: The Power and Pitfalls of “If/Then” Decision-Making

1/11/2018

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When struggling to achieve a particular goal, consider incorporating the use of pre-decisions to increase your chances of success. In over 94 studies the use of pre-decisions has shown to help get you started, keep you focused, conserve cognitive resources, and if for some reason you do become distracted, pre-decisions can help get you back on the right track.

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    Richard Feenstra is an educational psychologist, with a focus on judgment and decision making.
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    Bobby Hoffman is the author of "Hack Your Motivation" and a professor of educational psychology at the University of Central Florida.
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  • Home
  • Videos
    • The OODA Loop
    • Reducing the Dunning-Kruger Effect
    • The Trolley Problem
    • The Planning Fallacy
    • Conduct a SWOT Analysis
    • 4D's on a To-Do-List
    • Mere Exposure Effect
    • Reciprocity Bias
    • Motivated Change
    • Correlation vs. Causation
    • Maslow's Hierarchy and Innovation
    • Using Psychological Anchors
    • IDEA 4-Step Problem Solving
    • Using SMART Goals
    • How to Gain Insights
    • The Eisenhower Matrix
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