
Dave Smith PhD
Dave Smith PhD (d.d.smith @ mmu.ac.uk) is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University and Associate Editor of The Sport Psychologist, which is one of the most prominent peer-reviewed sport psychology journals. Dave has a deep fascination in decision making processes and psychological skills training.
Listen to Parts 1-4:
232 – Dave Smith PhD – How to make Better Decisions in your Business (Part 1)
251 – Dave Smith PhD – How to Make Better Decisions in your Business and Life (Part 2)
314 – Dave Smith PhD – How to Make Better Decisions in your Business and in Life (Part 3)
317 – Dave Smith PhD – How to Make Better Decisions in your Business and Life (Part 4)
In this episode, Dave Smith joins me for Part 5 of our Decision Making series to show you how to make better decisions in your life and in business. He talks about the various ways to sharpen your decision making processes, profiling, and assessment of one’s biases, how to avoid the common pitfalls, and much more.
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Show Notes
- 4:43 – Recognizing problems and warning signs
- 9:05 – The illusion of control and overconfidence bias
- 22:09 – Personality assessment, profiling biases
- 31:18 – How to avoid tendencies towards hindsight bias
- 41:23 – Survivorship Bias: Risk assessment & prevention
- 56:15 – Importance of knowing one’s biases
Selected Links from the Episode
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
- Survivorship Bias
- Overconfidence Bias
- Cognitive Biases
- 275 – Tim Drummond – How to Coach Behavioural Change
- Hindsight Bias
- Just-world Fallacy
- Anyone Can Do It: My Story by Duncan Bannatyne
- The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas Stanley
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