LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT STUFF How Leaders Make Winning Decisions

Christopher Lane delivers a splendid performance of this fascinating audiobook about optimal decision making. His resonant voice and interesting phrasing make every sentence express its full meaning. The author, using the paradigm of thinking fast and slow, explains two broad insights: First, bad decisions made by our primitive brains—usually based on emotionally driven and often illogical views of our abilities, our competitors, or external facts—can be tempered by left-brain logic that we can develop and apply. Second, when left-brain logical analysis is primary, it works best when propelled by primitive psychic forces like confidence, determination, and positive expectations. Though the author’s writing is as powerful as it is meticulously organized, it’s given even more energy by Lane's vibrant interpretation and obvious affection for the material. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2014]