How to Be Awesome at Your Job

969: How to Make Better Decisions by Wisely Evaluating Claims with Alex Edmans


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Alex Edmans shows you how to think smarter, sharper, and more critically so you can make better decisions. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How our biases are holding us back 

2) The ladder of misinference that mucks up our thinking 

3) Why we end up mistaking statements for facts 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep969 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT ALEX — 

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex has a PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar, and was previously a tenured professor at Wharton and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, testified in the UK Parliament, and given TED/TEDx talks with a combined 2.8 million views. He was named Professor of the Year by Poets & Quants in 2021.

• Book: Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit 

• Book: May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases―And What We Can Do about It 

• Book site: MayContainLies.com 

• Linked: Alex Edmans 

• TEDx Talk: The Pie-Growing Mindset | Alex Edmans | TEDxManchester 

• Twitter/X: @aedmans 

• Website: AlexEdmans.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Article: “Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics” by Jane Porter and Hershel Jick 

• Book: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear 

• Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport 

• Book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth 

• Book: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford 

• Book: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek 

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey 

• TED Talk: How diversity makes teams more innovative | Rocío Lorenzo | TED 


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