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Ask yourself the last time you didn’t get what you wanted and what you’ll likely find is a decision you call bad. Was your choice bad, or is it more likely that the outcome has biased your opinion? Kennedy, Tom. "Pottermore: JK Rowling facts and figures." The Telegraph. June 23, 2011. (May 10, 2013) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8592280/Pottermore-JK-Rowling-facts-and-figures.html Because you might be overly optimistic about your abilities and prospects, you are more likely to believe that your decisions are the best.

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He adds “ Sunk costs are a factor, but the most important causes appear to be psychological rather than economic. Escalation of commitment happens because we’re rationalizing creatures, constantly searching for self-justifications for our prior beliefs as a way to soothe our egos, shield our images, and validate our past decisions.”Bowenbank, Starr (July 20, 2022). "BTS, Snoop Dogg & Benny Blanco's Collab 'Bad Decisions' Finally Has a Release Date: Here's When It Arrives". Billboard . Retrieved August 18, 2022. In the 1930s, there was a dream of commercial airships ferrying passengers across the Atlantic in no time at all, just 60 hours. Commercial airship travel was gaining popularity, and the Hindenburg was the largest zeppelin ever built (in fact, it was the largest thing ever to fly). The airship was three times as long and double the height of a Boeing 747 of today, all wrapped up in a silver-painted fabric membrane [source: Hall]. It was just as luxurious as it was enormous -- it even had a specially designed lightweight baby grand piano on board, and, paradoxically, a smoking lounge. But what if you really ARE making bad decisions? If others are always despairing at your choices? There can be several psychological reasons for this. 1. You put others before yourself.

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Bad Decisions' by Benny Blanco, BTS, Snoop Dogg debuts on Billboard Hot 100 chart". Manila Bulletin. August 16, 2022 . Retrieved December 1, 2022.Our acceptance of incomplete information as complete is how many poor decisions evolve. We treat half-truths, theories, opinions and assumptions as facts. Here, our awareness of this risk of flawed data has to be at its highest.

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Legaspi, Althea (August 5, 2022). "Benny Blanco Taps BTS, Snoop Dogg for 'Bad Decisions' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved December 1, 2022. Daily Mail. "Found: The Beatles tape one man wishes he'd never heard. Original audition reel REJECTED by Decca records 50 years ago." Nov. 23, 2012. (May 10, 2013) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2236946/The-Beatles-audition-tape-rejected-discovered-50-years.html A famous (if now dated) study by American psychologists Iyengar and Lepperlooked at how likely people were to buy jam if they were faced with many options. It turns out people were more likely to buy from a small display of six choices than a bigger one of 24. A more recent 2018 study used brain scans to show that although we enjoy knowing we have choice, our brains goes into ‘choice overload’ beyond 12 choices. Dressing like the person you want to be for a job interview vs. dressing like someone who just knows they won’t get the job. In June 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia with one of the largest armies ever assembled for battle, and was so confident of his impending victory he wagered the war wouldn't last more than 20 days [source: PBS]. It wasn't Russia Napoleon wanted, necessarily (although Napoleon and Czar Alexander I were at odds over trade with England); it was India. But due to lice infestations and subsequent typhus infections, food shortages, freezing temperatures and, eventually, Russian troops, the Grande Armee wouldn't make it beyond Moscow.Allan Savory the ecologist who killed 40000 elephants because it was believed that grazing was causing the desertification of Africa, only to find out later that elephants were essential to prevent desertification. #2 But maybe they could have got away with it. Genghis sent three ambassadors to negotiate a settlement. What if there is nothing wrong with your decision-making skills? And you are doing the best you can in a world that is designed to be overwhelming? It’s tempting to give in to good outcomes with small upside that are easily accessible and visible to us without weighing in on the potentially large downside of these decisions in the future. Our experiences and beliefs also limit our ability to go beyond the natural and seek hard truths by asking difficult questions, exploring unknown territories, and doubting what may seem like an obvious choice. Hall, John. "Newly uncovered footage emerges of Hindenburg airship, emblazoned with Nazi swastikas, flying over New York just hours before giant fireball killed 35 people." The Independent. May 8, 2013. (May 10, 2013) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/newly-uncovered-footage-emerges-of-hindenburg-airship-emblazoned-with-nazi-swastikas-flying-over-new-york-just-hours-before-giant-fireball-killed-35-people-8607360.html

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Think of a decision in front of an authority figure like your boss. Do you express your disagreement or nod in agreement with the most popular decision? Huebscher, Robert. "Why We Make Bad Decisions." Advisor Perspectives. April 13, 2010. (May 10, 2013) http://www.wadefinancialgroup.com/files/Why_We_Make_Bad_Decisions.pdf Benny Blanco Recruits BTS & Snoop Dogg For New Song "Bad Decisions" ". Genius . Retrieved December 4, 2022.Despite telling yourself in your mind you deserve better, we aren’t driven by our conscious thoughts. Instead it is our set of unconscious beliefs that secretly direct our choices in life. The things we decided were ‘true’ based on our childhood experiences. These ‘ limiting beliefs’ can sound like: Mark Manson, author and blogger wrote “Everything you do in life is a trade-off. Anything you say, do, or pursue has a cost and a benefit. Those costs and benefits may not always be immediately apparent—sometimes the costs and benefits are dislocated in time, the benefit being immediate and the cost in the distant future. Sometimes the costs or benefits are subtle and psychological. But nonetheless, there is always a trade-off.” National Institutes of Health -- MedlinePlus. "Thalidomide." Feb. 11, 2012. (May 10, 2013) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a699032.html In general, though, the more mindful you are of the consequences, the more likely you will make better choices. Choices and Consequences: 7 Ways Your Choices Impact Your Life