This really was a great article:

We all make a lot of bad decisions.

With careers:

More than half of teachers quit their jobs within four years. In fact, one study in Philadelphia schools found that a teacher was almost two times more likely to drop out than a student.

In our jobs:

A study showed that when doctors reckoned themselves “completely certain” about a diagnosis, they were wrong 40% of the time.

And in our personal lives:

…an estimated 61,535 tattoos were reversed in the United States in 2009.

So how can we all make better decisions? When life and death is on the line what methods do the pros consistently rely on?

It’s “arousal control.”

That’s a fancy word for keeping a cool head. Ever been so angry — or so happy — you can’t think straight? Exactly.

I turned that teacher fact into a factoid:

http://pandawhale.com/post/44385/more-than-half-of-new-teachers-quit-their-jobs-within-4-years

Read more: http://bakadesuyo.com/2014/05/decision-making/

Notes from a previous version of this article:

http://pandawhale.com/post/44331/the-1-secret-astronauts-samurai-navy-seals-and-psychopaths-can-teach-you-about-good-decision-making

http://pandawhale.com/post/47106/the-1-secret-astronauts-samurai-navy-seals-and-psychopaths-can-teach-you-about-good-decision-making-time