The Any Benefit Approach to Decision-Making (and How We Drive Ourselves Crazy with It)

Описание: One of the best ways to drive yourself crazy as a teacher is to say "YES! PLEASE!" to every opportunity that comes across your radar.

👉Coach a sport? YES!
👉Sponsor a club? YES YES!
👉Teach a new class? YAAAAAAY!

Often times beneath our Yes-itis there is a faulty decision-making heuristic that Cal Newport dubs the "any-benefit approach" to decision-making. In this video, we'll get to the bottom of how this works and how to get better at avoiding it.

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