I'm Katie Milkman, and I'm a behavioral scientist and professor at the Wharton School at the

University of Pennsylvania. I'm also the author of the best-selling book How to Change,

and I want to help you make better decisions. In every episode of Choiceology, we tell you a

surprising or quirky or nail-biting dramatic story that illustrates a

different way we can get tripped up when we're trying to make a decision.

We talk with astronauts and Olympic gold medalists, surgeons and musicians and wrestlers,

people from all different walks of life who faced high-stakes choices.

And then I speak with some of the leading academics in psychology and behavioral economics

to help you understand the why of it all. What causes us to make mistakes and how can we

avoid certain traps? When we're making decisions, not just what information is presented,

but how is the information presented?

What are the things that you confront

that you have to pay attention to

in order to achieve your objective?

We look at the latest research

and behavioral science

and break it down in a way

that makes it understandable and actionable.

The other piece of advice would be to actively seek out and break it down in a way that makes it understandable and actionable.

The other piece of advice would be to actively seek out people who you expect to disagree with you.

It's a new season of Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab.

New episodes will arrive every two weeks.

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