psychology

they aren’t yet smart enough to see that in a world where intellectual labor is increasingly outsourced to tools, the human aptitude for clear thinking and unique insights will become all the more valuable.

Nature is like a genie that answers exactly the question we pose, not necessarily the one we intend to ask.

I heard the same Andy Warhol quote several times: “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”

They behave in accordance with what the contrast principle advises: sell the suit first, because when it comes time to look at sweaters, even expensive ones, their prices will not seem as high in comparison.

This raises another interesting point: not only does our experience affect what we consider possible, but so, too, do our expectations. Holmes was expecting Silver Blaze to be found, and as a result he viewed his evidence in a different light, allowing certain possibilities to go unexamined. Demand characteristics rear their ugly head yet again;

Learning with a purpose increases your attention, comprehension, and retention; it also helps organize your thoughts.

After you’ve identified your passions, you can begin to explore them by reading articles, listening to podcasts, or watching videos on the subject. This will help to feed your curiosities and allow you to explore them a little bit each day. That’s important, because it gives your brain time to process the information. Next, it’s time to transform

If our thinking about what caused the technique to be effective was correct, the second request did not have to be small; it only had to be smaller than the initial one. It was our suspicion that the critical aspect of a requester’s retreat from a larger to a smaller favor was its appearance as a concession. So the second request could be an