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On learning "Without the method of learning, you're like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. It's just not going to work very well." — 2021 Daily Journal Annual Meeting “In my whole ...
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by Dan Ariely, in which he challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal, by the end of this book, is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick.
50 Miyamoto Musashi Quotes. 1. “If you wish to control others you must first control yourself.” 2. “You can only fight the way you practice.”
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
In a 1772 letter to Joseph Priestley, Franklin laid out the earliest known description of the Pro & Con list, [214] a common decision-making technique, now sometimes called a decisional balance sheet: ... my Way is, to divide half a Sheet of Paper by a Line into two Columns, writing over the one Pro, and over the other Con. Then during three or ...
Knowledge and Decisions is a non-fiction book by American economist Thomas Sowell. [1] The book was initially published in 1980 by Basic Books and reissued in 1996. [ 2 ] Sowell analyzes social and economic knowledge and how it is transmitted through society, and how that transmission affects decision making.
The last chapter of Paul Bloom's Against Empathy discusses concepts also touched in Daniel Kahneman's book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, that suggest people make a series of rational and irrational decisions. [48] [48]: 214 He criticizes the argument that "regardless of reason's virtues, we just aren't any good at it." His point is that people are ...
1. "We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure." 2. "Self-dedication is a spiritual experience."