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idea, Diener and his students also found a less-is-more effect, a strong indication that an average (prototype) has been substituted for a sum.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Psychologists were being asked to dissect the nature of “the creative” not purely as scientists, “but as adjutants to the moralist.”
Samuel W. Franklin • The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History
The blemished frame
Daniel H Pink • To Sell Is Human
The more abstract people become, the more capable we are of doing them harm.
Simon Sinek • Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Clarity on how to think without clarity on how to act can leave people unmoved.
Daniel H Pink • To Sell Is Human
minds and limber
Daniel H Pink • To Sell Is Human
The conflict between these two mindsets represents nothing less than a battle for the soul of human potential.
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
“Human beings,” social psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, “are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.
Ozan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
The self is more motivated to avoid bad self-definitions than to pursue good ones.