To Be or Not To Be a Better Decision-Maker
Managing your life - be it your business affairs, social relationships, purchases and more – all require efficient decision-making. Sometimes we make the right calls, and other times we wish we’d have gone a different route. How our brain manages to make decisions both quickly and correctly comes down to what are known as Executive Functions.
Executive functions are your higher-level cognitive skills which enable you to carry out independent goal-directed behavior successfully. These functions include your ability to prioritize your selective attention, solve problems, and form proper decisions. As you know, these special skills play a critical role in your day-to-day capacity to inhibit unfavorable responses, and instead, execute preferable ones.
Better Manage Your Management Style
If you’ve ever been in a management position, either professionally or at home with the family, you know how much decision-making goes into running things smoothly. Your executive functions control and manage your other cognitive processes including initiating appropriate action planning, abstract thinking and rule acquisition. By training your executive functions you improve your overall mental dexterity, foresight, planning ability, attention, and multi-tasking skills.
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