How you define Stephen Duneier depends on how you knew him. Some define him as an expert institutional investor, while others know him as a large-scale installation artist, an outdoor enthusiast, a professor, a decision strategist, a coach, a business leader, a mindfulness extremist, an author, a speaker, a daredevil, or a Guinness World Record holder. In his talk, Stephen explains that what really defines him is not titles, but an approach to decision-making that transformed him from someone who struggled with simple tasks to someone who continually achieves even his most ambitious dreams.

For thirty years, he has applied cognitive science to investing, business, and everyday life. The result has been the turnaround of numerous institutional companies, career-best returns for managers who have adopted his methods, the development of a $1.25 billion hedge fund, and a rapidly shrinking to-do list.
Mr. Duneier teaches graduate courses on decision analysis in the College of Engineering at UCSB. His book, AlphaBrain, is scheduled to be published in early 2017 by Wiley & Sons.
Through Bija Advisors, he helps business leaders improve their performance by applying proven, proprietary decision-making methods to their own processes.
His work has been exhibited internationally and is represented by Sullivan Goss Gallery. As a curator for the League of Professional Educators, Duneier uses cognitive science to change the landscape of American education. He is the former head of currency options trading at Bank of America and emerging markets at AIG International.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but organized independently by a local community. For more information, visit http://ted.com/tedx

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