My wife [goldmark.org] teaches Judgment and Decision Making in a business school, and has reviewed a number of textbooks. She hasn't commented on this one, and I don't know whether she is even aware of it. But from reading the description of it, this is likely to be what she calls an "airport book". That is, a book that will sell to business travelers in airports. While there might be some research and value burried in the book, these tend to work like placebos. If you do
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I'm just a college kid with no real qualifications to chime in here. However... when I was in high school, we all got a free dayplanner that had cutsie sayings on every page, and a "how to study" guide in the back.
For the smart, motivated student, it was mostly crap and common sense. But there were a few gems - one was a 2x2 matrix of urgent vs. important. That one has stuck with me. I don't see very many situations, however, where things can be boiled down to 2 binary variables.
A real recommendation, not a placebo (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:A real recommendation, not a placebo (Score:2)
For the smart, motivated student, it was mostly crap and common sense. But there were a few gems - one was a 2x2 matrix of urgent vs. important. That one has stuck with me. I don't see very many situations, however, where things can be boiled down to 2 binary variables.