Smart choices: a practical guide to making better decisions

Making smart choices: how to think about your whole decision problem: a proactive approach

Problem: how to define your decision problem to solve the right problem

Objectives: how to clarify what you're really trying to achieve with your decision

Alternatives: how to make smarter choices by creating better alternatives to choose from

Consequences: how to describe how well each alternative meets your objectives

Tradeoffs: how to make tough compromises when you can't achieve all your objectives at once

Uncertainty: how to think about and act on uncertainties affecting your decision

Risk tolerance: how to account for your appetite for risk

Linked decisions: how to plan ahead by effectively coordinating current and future decisions

Psychological traps: how to avoid some of the tricks your mind can play on you when you're deciding

The wise decision maker: how to make smart choices a way of life.