Instant Genius Podcast: How science can help you make better decisions

The simple, research-backed steps to making superior choices in your life.

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Published: August 21, 2023 at 7:00 am

Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we're learning how to make better decisions.

From picking out what to wear in the morning, to choosing your profession or where to live, life is full of decisions, both big and small. But what can science do to help us make better choices?

In this episode we catch up with Prof Sherheryar Banuri, a behavioural economist based at the University of East Anglia and author of the new book The Decisive Mind: How to Make the Right Choice Every Time.

He talks to us about how even the smallest of decisions can have a huge impact on our lives, the traps we should look out for when making decisions and the simple changes we can make in our lives to make better choices.

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