false 33889825 93196 65229 0262611465 9780262611466 13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170631496m/65229.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170631496s/65229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65229.Sources_of_Power_How_People_Make_Decisions 3.72 54 Sources of Power essentially lends the validity of scientific research to techniques that many of us use every day. There's intuition, which is based not on instantaneous insight but on the rapid (perhaps even subconscious) interpretation of perceptual cues. There's mental simulation, a finely honed method of visualization. There's storytelling and metaphor, which enable decision-makers to devise meaningful frameworks and compare their present situations to previous events. Nobody is born with an inherent mastery of these and other techniques, Klein tells us, but we are all born with the capability to develop, through experience, the skill sets experts call upon to make good decisions.

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