Sidetracked, Francesca Gino
Sidetracked, Francesca Gino
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Sidetracked
Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan

Author: Francesca Gino

Narrator: Tamara Marston

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2014

Synopsis

Psychologist and Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino has long studied the factors at play when judgment and decision-making collide with the results of our choices in real life. In Sidetracked, she explores inconsistent decisions played out in a wide range of circumstances from our roles as consumers and employees (what we buy, how we manage others) to the broader human choices that we make (who we date, how we cultivate friendships). Gino’s research reveals when a mismatch is most likely to occur between what we want to do and what we actually end up doing. What factors are likely to sway our decisions in directions we did not initially consider? And what can we do to correct for these subtle influences?

The answers in Sidetracked to these and similar questions help us better understand the nuances of our decisions and avoid the unconscious obstacles to greater efficiency, satisfaction, and ultimate success.

About Francesca Gino

Francesca Gino is an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a tenured professor at Harvard Business School. Her consulting and speaking clients include Bacardi, Akamai, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Novartis, P&G, and the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy. She has been honored as one of the world’s Top 40 Business Professors under 40 and one of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers. Her work has been featured on CNN and NPR, as well as in the Economist, Financial Times, New York Times, Newsweek, Scientific American, and Psychology Today. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aaron on March 10, 2013

I have been on a kick reading all sorts of books about motivation, drive, introverts, life strategies, etc. This book was next on my list to read. The title captured me because I am on that is easily distracted. I can walk downstairs to do one thing and find myself 5 minutes later upstairs doing som......more

Goodreads review by Scott on December 23, 2020

It's easy to get sidetracked. I have become quite a pro at it. My wife says I just have undiagnosed ADHD, and while she may be right, I can't imagine that it can solely explain why I have such a hard time staying focused and finishing things. Take this book, for example. Francesca Gino's thoughtful......more

Goodreads review by Adam on October 27, 2022

Two word book review: pop psychology. It was one of those books I really wanted to like, but I just couldn't get past the fact she never actually said anything and seemed to keep losing the larger picture by using way too many fluff stories. My recommendation: read the first and last section of each......more

Goodreads review by Wellington on November 13, 2015

Sidetracked. I was expecting the book to be more about sticking with a decision made. The book focuses more on how our decisions can be affected. Francesca is an associated professor at Harvard and uses a lot of studies (using mainly student volunteers?) to test her hypotheses. She spends an exhausti......more

Goodreads review by BCS on June 25, 2013

This book describes a number of common influences that can conspire to divert us from our original plans and desires. Its objective is to help identify and avoid these influences so that our decisions stick, and we achieve the intended outcome. One of the aims of the book is to ‘help you stay on cou......more

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