The Seven Deadly Stupidities

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)></span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ~Warren Buffet</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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 </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>skill to be learned and perfected</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We learn from the success and failures of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Elon Musk</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Peter Thiel </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Oprah Winfrey</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Elizabeth Holmes </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Google X</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> JP Morgan the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>New York Yankees</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the Titan Sub Thomas Edison </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Taylor Swift</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and others.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Seven Deadly Stupidities:</strong></p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Going for the Moonshot</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Surrendering to FOMO</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Relying on Family and Friends</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Being Blinded by the Upside</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Trusting the Media</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Using Quick and Dirty Thinking</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Neglecting to Measure Twice</span></li></ol><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>