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The Role of Optimism in Decision-Making
Herman vd Berg
How does optimism influence decision-making?
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Optimism in Making Decisions
Jaap de Jonge, CEO, Netherlands, Editor Interesting question Herman... I believe there are many ways:
- One is related to organizational pressure (only the best proposals make it...  |
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Optimism and Decision Making
Joe Boyle, United States, Member Herman - it does have an effect - and can skew results - people will see what they want to see. Also, how you see your future will affect the futur... |
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It Depends on the Basis of Optimism
PRASAD SN, Professor, India, Member Decision making based purely on optimism may lead to disaster.
Optimism as a result of confidence in your own abilities, training and knowledge o... |
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Optimism and Decision Making
Marcel Wiedenbrugge, Consultant, Netherlands, Member Instead of optimism I would prefer to use the word realism. At the end of the day, in business optimism is important, but it must always be linked ... |
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A Predetermined Optimistic Emotional Attitude
Henry Lozada, Professor, Puerto Rico, Member A predetermined optimistic attitude (emotional) makes the decisions more easy and fast to make. However, you can lose perspective or the reality of th... |
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Optimism is Important but not Enough
ABOBAKER M, Accountant, Malaysia, Member Although optimism is important, decision makers can not rely on it alone. Optimism will encourage them to take a decision but is not enough ... |
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Optimism Yes But Over-confidence No!!
Fariborz, Manager, Iran, Member Decision making is an important task that influences many things in the future. Generally speaking, a decision maker should be optimistic, what is the... |
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Optimism and Common Sense
Salvatore DeCarlo, United States, Member Optimism has to be based in reality. If we are optimistic while acknowledging the reality of the desired outcome, we will be able to recognize ... |
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Optimism vs Wishful Thinking
Rebecca Roe, United States, Member I think optimism and wishful thinking should be explored here. Good managers will be chosen on the basis of being able to transform pessimism in the w... |
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Optimism Gives a lot of Energy
Thupalli Ravindra Reddy, Manager, India, Member Having optimism gives a lot of energy. By being optimistic, many negativity factors will vanish. Once employees accept the organisational needs... |
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Optimism Makes One Lower the Guard
R.C. Natarajan, Professor of Marketing, India, Member Optimism in the context of inter-personal relationship makes one lower the guard. My research shows that the principal's trust - a form of optimism... |
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Optimism Avoids Stagnation
Hassaan Khalid A pessimist will not take risks because he won't expect a return on them. So optimism is required, obviously along with proper facts and figures - we ... |
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Optimism Useful for Making Decisions
vincenzo de vera, Manager, Italy, Member Optimism normally leads to positivity, a very useful attitude for managing people and difficult situations and consequently also for making decisions.... |
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The Role of Being Positive in Decision-Making
vincenzo de vera, Manager, Italy, Member It is the basic state of mind which leads to success. Maybe better call it "Positiveness" which does not mean that one should not be conscious of diff... |
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