Seven Deadly Stupidities: Using Other People's Failures to Make Better Decisions

"It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes." Warren Buffet

Crisis manager George Pillari takes the reader through a series of real-life case studies to show us that decision making in tense situations is a skill to be learned and perfected.

We learn from the success and failures of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Holmes, Google X, JP Morgan, the New York Yankees, the Titan Sub, Thomas Edison, Taylor Swift, and others.

The Seven Deadly Stupidities:

1. Going for the Moonshot
2. Surrendering to FOMO
3. Relying on Family and Friends
4. Being Blinded by the Upside
5. Trusting the Media
6. Using Quick and Dirty Thinking
7. Neglecting to Measure Twice

The chapter-by-chapter format lets the reader thumb through and pick the order to read the book. The summary of each stupidity includes lessons learned and advice on how to avoid the stupidity and "be smarter."