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Month: April 2011

IDEAS FROM THE BOOK The Social Animal BY DAVID BROOKS

IDEAS FROM THE BOOK The Social Animal BY DAVID BROOKS

In his book The Social Animal, David Brooks writes about how human beings function and discusses decision making.  Here are a few of his observations worth thinking about the next time you are preparing for a court hearing or a trial. The signficant fact is the essential role of emotion in our decisions and that decisions are largely controlled by an unconscious mind function. 1.   one  of the breakthroughs that help us understand the interplay between emotion and decision-making began…

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