Colleen Morton Busch

Author of Fire Monks

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Decisions, decisions

August 25, 2011 By colleenmbusch

“Good decision making is not a trait of the person, in the sense that it’s always there,” says a social psychologist in the recent New York Times Magazine article on decision fatigue. “It’s a state that fluctuates.” I agree wholeheartedly. Writing Fire Monks, I reached a similar conclusion. But decisions are not just the product of one person’s exertion of willpower. They are a complex combination of individual will and everything else—all of the environmental, cultural, social, and yes, biological factors also at play. We can all make “good” decisions—thank goodness—but … [Read more...]

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HuffPost

August 18, 2011 By colleenmbusch

Huffington Post just published a blog I wrote on decision-making. Read it here and pass it along to your beloved indecisive ones. … [Read more...]

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