5 Psychology Findings That Affect Career Decisions | The Psychology of Career Decisions

1. WE’RE BAD AT DECISION MAKING – KAHNEMAN & TVERSKY (1979), GILBERT (2004).
When weighing up the costs and benefits of a decision, we make two errors. First, we overestimate the probability of failure in a new direction because of our negative bias. Second, we underestimate the benefits of change because we fail to imagine or visualise the results of that change in much detail. This has been shown time and again, not least by Dan Gilbert.

Conclusion: we have to think differently about career decision making. Firstly, we need to become more aware of our successes and achievements. Second, we should try to visualise what we actually want in life in greater detail. Sounds obvious. Not many do it.


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