How to stop making decisions based on emotions | Book Takeaways from Decisive book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Episode 4)

Monday: you panic-buy a course. Wednesday: you almost quit your job. Friday: you're paralyzed and do nothing. Sound familiar? In the age of AI anxiety, our emotions are making career decisions before our brains even catch up.

In Episode 4 of our Decisive series, we tackle the third villain of decision-making: short-term emotion — and the science behind why it's so hard to resist. Drawing from Chip Heath and Dan Heath's Decisive, we unpack the hot-cold empathy gap: why professionals everywhere are trapped in a near-permanent emotional hot state, and exactly how to stop making decisions based on emotions you'll regret.

Whether you're in Lagos, London, Manila, or Montreal — if AI headlines are driving your c ...