psychology

love is more powerful than hatred; truth sets us free; forgiveness liberates both sides; unconditional love heals; courage empowers; and the essence of Divinity/Reality is peace.

The asymmetry in the risk of regret favors conventional and risk-averse choices.

Your anchor inevitably affects the interventions you design to reach it. If Apple designed an iPod based on the usage of the Discman and its finite storage capacity, it would have evolved music-listening behavior rather than fundamentally shifting us to a more optimal universe. Uber didn’t base its product on gaining a beachhead in car service; it

Unfairly imposing losses on people can be risky if the victims are in a position to retaliate.

Martin Luther King was asked how, as a pacifist, he could be an admirer of Air Force General Daniel ‘Chappie’ James, then the nation’s highest-ranking black officer, Dr King replied, ‘I judge people by their own principles—not by my own.’

What is closeness? Closeness is when your vision of your “self” scooches over and makes room for someone else to be in there too.

Outside the government arena, the benefits of a give-and-take versus a don’t-back-down approach to negotiations is reflected in an account by the social psychologist Lee Ross of two brothers (Ross’s cousins) who own a large discount pet-supply company in Canada. The brothers have to negotiate for warehouse space in multiple cities where their

The two selves are the experiencing self, which does the living, and the remembering self, which keeps score and makes the choices.

One of the pinnacles of human existence is to align our innate desire to create with our day-to-day labor.