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study done in 2009 by neuroscientist Greg Berns at Emory University found that the decision-making centers of our brain slow down or shut off when we are receiving wanted advice from experts. Customers consistently rate experts as the most trusted spokespeople, far above typical CEOs or celebrities.

little biased). A few other popular personality tests are the Kolbe-A, the DISC test, and the Myers-Briggs.

people who were far superior in predicting political and economic events, he found that they had a similar tendency to explore across data sources, looking for triangulation.

Ego-based stories are not just distorted, they also tend to be too general. In actuality, we focus on different aspects of our self-story in different circumstances.

‘Positive psychologists’ have more recently had an impact, and empirical research has been carried out in a quest to discover what makes us happier. The work of these pioneering psychologists is fascinating and valuable. We can imagine their empirical research as offering a horizontal image of happiness, with its wide data drawn from large cross se

It’s said that when she was young, she dined with the British statesman William Gladstone and left thinking he was the cleverest person in England. Later she dined with Gladstone’s great rival, Benjamin Disraeli, and left that dinner thinking she was the cleverest person in England. It’s nice to be like Gladstone, but it’s better to be like Disrael

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