Stop guessing what other people will do. Start knowing.

Every important decision you make—a salary negotiation, a product launch, a difficult client, a home purchase, even a recurring argument at home—depends on what someone else decides to do next. Most people improvise. The best decision-makers read the game.

THE DECISION GAME turns the most powerful ideas in strategic science into a practical toolkit anyone can use—no math, no jargon, no economics degree required.

Through six plain-English foundations and twelve real-world case studies, you'll learn how to:

See the hidden incentives driving what people say, offer, and threaten

Anticipate reactions before you move using backward induction—the skill amateurs skip

Negotiate from real leverage by understanding reservation points, anchors, and credible alternatives

Escape price wars, office rivalries, and lose-lose standoffs by changing the game instead of playing it harder

Tell costly signals from cheap talk so you're never bluffed again

Build cooperation that lasts with partners, teams, and the people you love

Know when to compete, when to cooperate—and when walking away is the winning move

Each case study ends with a step-by-step framework and checklist you can reuse for life, plus a complete Decision Worksheet to analyze any strategic situation in twenty minutes.

If you've ever lost a negotiation, you should have won, watched a rival outmaneuver you, or wondered why "being reasonable" keeps costing you—this book was written for you.

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