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selective with those elements that he allows inside his head to begin with. That
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evidence suggests that piling on more data often hurts decision quality:
- Too much choice stalls action. In the famous "jam study," shoppers presented with 24 flavors bought jam 3 percent of the time, while those offered just six flavors purchased 30 percent of the time—a 10-fold jump.
- Information overload erodes well-being. Two-thirds of managers r
Joe Hudson • Knowledge Work Is Dying—Here’s What Comes Next
maths is defined by the techniques it uses to study things,
Eugenia Cheng • How to Bake Pi
When we are being inclusive, we never forget that all of our senses are constantly in play. We don’t let them drive our emotions and decisions. Instead, we actively enlist their help—as Holmes does with both boot and letter—and learn to control them instead.
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
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We see three major questions an investor needs to consider.
Should they prefer long term assets or cash (Money Market Funds or Tbills)?
Should they prefer stocks to bonds when allocating to assets?
Should they prefer nominal or real future cash flows when allocating to assets?
Question 1 is answered by determining the direction (not the level) of risk
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Myself and many others would argue that a major currency devaluation is a type of default. In that sense, the US government defaulted on bondholders in the 1930s by devaluating the dollar vs gold, and then again in the 1970s by decoupling the dollar from gold entirely. The 2020-2021 period was also a type of default, in the sense that the broad
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if a random thought arises, acknowledge the thought and then simply let it go by gently bringing your attention back to the flow of your breath.
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
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The lesson from cases of people both keeping and losing their jobs is that as long as you keep your boss or bosses happy, performance really does not matter that much and, by contrast, if you upset them, performance won’t save you.
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
pressures. As it started in the black car space, all of its competitors were focused on promoting pressures. It won’t be a black car, it will be a silver Audi with a minibar and a disco ball synced to your playlist, driven by Claudia Schiffer and powered by the defensive line of the Raiders! What Uber recognized is that the desire to go from Point
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.psychology .implementation very important lesson that to sell a very basic product you have to reduce inhibiting pressures.