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(the “fundamental attribution” effect).
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
people can be taught to make a realistic self-assessment, to assess opportunities competently, and then to make intelligent choices.
John P. Kotter • Power and Influence
people like to feel good about themselves and maintain a positive self-image. And ironically, one of the best ways for people to preserve their self-esteem is to either preemptively surrender or do other things that put obstacles in their own
Jeffrey Pfeffer • Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't
The first kind is the expert—the kind of person whose wall is covered with framed credentials: Oliver Sachs for neuroscience, Alan Greenspan for economics, or Stephen Hawking for physics. Celebrities and other aspirational figures make up the second class of “authorities.” Why do we care that Michael Jordan likes McDonald’s? Certainly he is not a c
... See moreDan Heath • Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Tenelle Porter • Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility
I use one more category, “Trajectory,” in which I scrutinize the year-to-year changes and their course across a decade.
Martin E. P. Seligman • Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
The more deeply a thought or action is tied to your identity, the more difficult it is to change it.
James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Alfie Kohn • Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
on average, we tend to be quicker to credit ourselves for positive outcomes, and blame external forces for negative ones (sometimes called attribution bias).