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Improving Decision Making Through Mindfulness, Natalie Karelaia, Jochen Reb
Improving Decision Making Through Mindfulness, Natalie Karelaia, Jochen Reb
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
With perhaps a few exceptions per day, we are seldom fully aware of our thoughts, actions, emotions, and what is happening around us. Even when it comes to making decisions, an activity that is often quite conscious, deliberate, and intentional, people are typically not as aware as they could be. We argue that as a result, decision quality may suffer. Consequently, mindfulness, most often defined as the state of being openly attentive to and aware of what is taking place in the present, both internally and externally (e.g., Brown and Ryan 2003; Kabat-Zinn 1982; 1990), can help people make better …