Pragmatism For Real Life Decisions Under Pressure

About this episode

The episode discusses how to apply pragmatism in decision-making under pressure with guest Mark Coleman.

Most people say they want clarity, but they keep feeding the chaos. We sit down with Mark Coleman, author of “Planet Pragmatism: The New Path to Prosperity,” to talk about what it actually looks like to think and lead in a world of broken plans, loud opinions, and nonstop input. We get into pragmatism as a real-life operating system: how to stop overthinking, make cleaner decisions faster, and stay flexible when the day punches back. Mark connects anxiety and stress to the patterns we repeat...

People in this episode

Host: Omar Medrano

Guest: Mark Coleman

Topics covered

• pragmatism
• decision making
• stress management
• leadership
• clarity
• flexibility

Keywords

• pragmatism
• decision making
• anxiety
• stress
• leadership
• clarity
• flexibility

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Planet Pragmatism: The New Path to Prosperity

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