Personal Development

Decision Making

Make Confident Decisions — Even Under Pressure

12 lessons4 modules9h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course gives you a practical toolkit for decision-making that professionals, leaders, and researchers actually use. You will learn to map options against criteria, recognize when your own brain is leading you astray, and communicate your reasoning clearly. Each lesson is grounded in behavioral economics, decision theory, and real-world case studies so skills transfer immediately.

Curriculum

Module 1: How Decisions Actually Work3 lessons

The Anatomy of a DecisionPreview45m
System 1 vs. System 2 Thinking🔒45m
Decision Quality vs. Decision Outcomes🔒45m

Module 2: Cognitive Biases That Derail Choices3 lessons

Confirmation Bias and Anchoring🔒45m
Availability, Sunk Cost, and Overconfidence🔒45m
Groupthink and How to Preserve Dissent🔒45m

Module 3: Structured Decision Frameworks3 lessons

The Decision Matrix🔒45m
The WRAP Process and Pre-Mortem🔒45m
Expected Value and Probabilistic Reasoning🔒45m

Module 4: Deciding Well in Practice3 lessons

Making Decisions Under Time Pressure🔒45m
The One-Page Decision Brief🔒45m
Building a Personal Decision System🔒45m