Understanding that decision-making is a dynamic process, not a one-time event, allows us to approach decision-making with a growth mindset. Continuously evaluating and adjusting decisions based on ...

In medicine, money, and many other domains, surrogate decision makers such as caregivers or financial planners are entrusted to make choices—sometimes vital ones—for other people. But these surrogates ...

Eric J. Johnson is the Norman Eig professor of Business and the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School. He has been the president of both the Society for Judgment and ...

In Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator: Uncommon Love and Life, Amy Gahran writes about how most people assume everyone is on the same page when talking about relationships. She calls this default ...

The 11 most important life decisions everyone has to make at some point are a straightforward, conversational roadmap for ...

Parents are the first and last line of defense when it comes to our children. Kids will make stupid decisions. It's just part of growing up. But there's a difference between bad decisions and ...

For leaders and C-level employees, there is significant pressure to “do it all.” This is especially true for women, in that they are far more likely to be caregivers for children or elderly relatives ...

Past neuroscience research has identified patterns in neural activity typically observed when humans are engaged in value-based decision-making. This is the process through which humans choose between ...

Every day we make thousands of decisions, most of them unconsciously. What we decide often depends on the way the choice is framed and the context in which a choice is made. Economists have looked at ...

Glamour editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. Expanding your definition of success isn’t rejection. It’s evolution. You’re sitting across from your mother at the kitchen ...

Mortality is one of those seasons and death is among life’s few certainties. Most of us, and those we love, will be able to see death coming, months or even years before it happens. I’ve been an ...