Decision-Making in High-Stress Situations

Get the pressure that exists during intense situations to work for you instead of against you. Learn how to make strong business decisions during stressful situations.

Introduction

• Rethinking your approach to stress and decision-making
• Differentiating between high pressure and high stress

1. Preparing Yourself

• Optimizing stress neurochemicals for decision-making
• Increasing your stress tolerance in decision-making
• Borrowing from the Stoics when making decisions

2. Options and Outcomes

• Uncovering hidden options in high-stress decision-making
• Overcoming biases in high-stress decision-making
• Revealing the ripple effect in high-stress decision-making

3. Getting Insights

• Identifying opportunity costs
• Deciding how to persist, pivot, or quit

4. Emergency Leadership

• Making decisions for others under stressful situations
• How to be a successful follower in emergencies