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# Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser Paperback – Import, 25 June 2021

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Awesome framework for thinking Analytically.
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in India on 19 March 2022*

Good collection of Maxims. Good examples of how each one is implemented. Might be little hard to read. I did it in 3 days splitting it into three 2 hour reading sessions, reading light in the sections that had more than one example. As an additional advantage you get to people from various fields.

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    The book is filled with great examples on how to make hard decisions
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on 3 June 2024*

Good decisions can have poor outcomes and bad decisions can ended up with good outcomes. This is why decision making can be hard whether it's personal or work related decisions.  Yes, the book referred to a lot of big names but they do offer very good insight of Richard's wisdom. Dan Levy did a good job in applying Richard Zeckhauser's wisdom in thinking analytically.For example, in the foreward by Larry Summers, he told a story on what happened when he was in the hospital with a serious condition. At the time there were two possible explanations for his symptoms. When told this, Richard inquired about their relative frequency in the population. None of the interns and residents knew the relative frequency and several thought it was entirely irrevelant. They learned from Richard of the need to pay attention to background probabilities.Another example is about his mother. The doctor was unsure if his mother has appendicitis or a tumor and was waiting for more data. Richard cut to the chase by saying that "I presume that in either case you will operate, if yes, shouldn't you operate now, and bring both sets of tools? Waiting for another day would be dangerous.Chapter 1 is about thinking straight. Very often we got stuck and not able to think clearly about a situation. If we can simplify the situation to enable clear thinking, it'll push you forward. Another thing that helps is to think of an everyday analogue when trying to undertsand a complex situation.Chapter 2 is about tackling uncertainty. It's all about probabilities. Covid-19 is one of those black swan events many of us did not expect how our lives and those of everyone in the planet would be upended by a global pandemic. Many nations have used probabilites to formulate their policies on how to deal with the pandemic.Chapter 3 is about making decisions wwhich can be hard in many cases.What I find helpful is Maxim 11 - don't be limited by the options you have in front of you.Sometimes we've to think out of the box. Otherwise, we might not see the big picture.  The other thing is we can get overwhelmed by information. But information is only valuable if it can change your decision.Chapter 4 is about understanding policy. I really like the example on the fairness of early addmisions by colleges. Stanford University's former President Hennessy defended the early admission program by enphasizing that the average SAT scoer of those admitted early was 210 points higher than those admitted in the regular pool. Richard's feedback was that to determine if early admission is fair, we need to know if the worst person admitted under early admission is better than the best person denied under regular admission. Think about the margin, and not the average.Decision making is not easy and the book has many great examples showing us how we can make a better decision and not regretting it.

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    Good
  

*by M***O on Reviewed in Mexico on 13 August 2023*

Good

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