MagTalk | 5 Mental Exercises to Defeat Cognitive Bias and Make Smarter Decisions

Is your brain secretly sabotaging your decisions? Cognitive biases like Confirmation Bias and the Sunk Cost Fallacy affect us all, leading to flawed logic and bad outcomes. But you don't have to be a victim of your own mind. It's time for a mental workout. Our new article, "Debiasing Your Day," walks you through 5 powerful, practical exercises to sharpen your thinking: The Pre-Mortem: A brilliant trick to find a plan's fatal flaws before you start. The Designated Dissenter: The ultimate weapon against unproductive Groupthink. Prospective Hindsight: How to talk to your future self to escape bad investments of time and money. Considering the Opposite: A simple technique to break free from your own echo chamber. The Information Diet: How to consciously curate your media to see the world more clearly. Stop just reading about biases and start fighting them. Which exercise will you try first? Read the full guide and start your mental workout now! https://englishpluspodcast.com/5-mental-exercises-to-defeat-cognitive-bias-and-make-smarter-decisions/ #CognitiveBias #DecisionMaking #CriticalThinking #Psychology #Productivity #MentalModels #SelfImprovement To unlock full access to all our episodes, consider becoming a premium subscriber on Apple Podcasts or Patreon. And don’t forget to visit englishpluspodcast.com for even more content, including articles, in-depth studies, and our brand-new audio series and courses now available in our Patreon Shop!