You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them

Olivier Sibony

July 14, 2020

You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them by Olivier Sibony looks at how people can become victims of the bias trap, and how to detect and prevent it. It is based on the idea that many of the mistakes we make are a result of our biases and not of our logical reasoning. The book explores a myriad of cognitive biases, including anchoring bias, confirmation bias, availability bias, and overconfidence bias, and sheds light on their causes and effects. It also provides comprehensive solutions for managing our biases and making better decisions.The book provides practical advice on how to spot bias and offers tools to help readers protect themselves from being taken advantage of by the insidious bias trap. In addition, it covers the latest research in self-awareness, cognitive psychology, and decision-making and provides real-life examples of how the bias trap can affect decision-making. It explains why it’s important to recognize the personal biases we all possess, and it provides an actionable plan for overcoming them.Empowering and thought-provoking, You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake is a timely and accurate resource for anyone looking to make better decisions, challenge their biases and think more deeply. It’s an engaging and accessible read with plenty of information, advice and wisdom on how to become a better decision-maker. This book provides an important reminder that we all have biases influencing, our decisions and that we should strive to examine and understand them in order to make better decisions.