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How to Avoid Making Disastrous Decisions Gleb Tsipursky, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, talks about some of the biggest flaws in our decision-making processes.

By David Meltzer

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Disaster Avoidance Experts CEO Gleb Tsipursky shares his insights on the most common ways humans tend to react to stress and how those reactions can impair our ability to make the right decision.

Dr. Tsipursky and The Playbook host David Meltzer chat about a range of topics including the importance of taking a long-term approach when making any decision, why our brains aren't adapted to uncertainty and how we can avoid letting our emotions cloud our judgment. The pair also discuss some of the inherent biases in our thought process and how you can ensure you don't fall into those mental traps.

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David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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