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Protect Yourself From Bad Advice
People tend to be most motivated by incentives. "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcome."
When receiving advice from someone—a salesman, colleague, or even acquaintances—always remember what the adviser's personal incentives are
People tend to be most motivated by incentives. "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcome."
When receiving advice from someone—a salesman, colleague, or even acquaintances—always remember what the adviser's personal incentives are
Influence Yourself
A follow-on from the above: If you can determine the specific incentives that motivate you the most, you can hack your own motivation
Is it money? Status or prestige? Responsibility? Freedom? Whatever it is, figure it out and make them your main incentive
A follow-on from the above: If you can determine the specific incentives that motivate you the most, you can hack your own motivation
Is it money? Status or prestige? Responsibility? Freedom? Whatever it is, figure it out and make them your main incentive
Doubt/Avoidance Tendency
The tendency to make quick, poorly thought-out decisions during stressful situations
The pressure to remove doubt causes you to make ill-informed choices
Control by scheduling deliberate delays when stressed to strategize before reaching a decision
The tendency to make quick, poorly thought-out decisions during stressful situations
The pressure to remove doubt causes you to make ill-informed choices
Control by scheduling deliberate delays when stressed to strategize before reaching a decision
Ego Depletion
The idea that willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up
When the energy for mental activity is low, self-control is typically impaired, which would be considered a state of ego depletion
Minimise inconsequential decisions
The idea that willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up
When the energy for mental activity is low, self-control is typically impaired, which would be considered a state of ego depletion
Minimise inconsequential decisions
Misattribution of Arousal
People make mistakes in assuming what's causing them to feel aroused
For example, when actually experiencing physiological responses related to fear, people mislabel those responses as romantic arousal
Knowing the source of arousal is important
People make mistakes in assuming what's causing them to feel aroused
For example, when actually experiencing physiological responses related to fear, people mislabel those responses as romantic arousal
Knowing the source of arousal is important
Illusion of Asymmetric Insight
The tendency to feel like you know everyone else far better than they know you, and not only that, but you know them better than they know themselves
This illusion clouds your ability to see the people you disagree with as nuanced and complex
The tendency to feel like you know everyone else far better than they know you, and not only that, but you know them better than they know themselves
This illusion clouds your ability to see the people you disagree with as nuanced and complex
Enclothed Cognition
The systematic influence that clothes have on our psychological processes
Clothing can enhance our psychological states, and it can improve our performance on tasks
Ask yourself, “Which clothing makes you feel [fierce, confident, composed, free…]?
The systematic influence that clothes have on our psychological processes
Clothing can enhance our psychological states, and it can improve our performance on tasks
Ask yourself, “Which clothing makes you feel [fierce, confident, composed, free…]?
Deindividuation
A state when you become so immersed in the norms of the group that you lose your sense of identity and personal responsibility, which can ultimately lead to unsociable or "mob-like" behaviour
Anonymity and diffusion of responsibility act strongly here
A state when you become so immersed in the norms of the group that you lose your sense of identity and personal responsibility, which can ultimately lead to unsociable or "mob-like" behaviour
Anonymity and diffusion of responsibility act strongly here
Overjustification Effect
A phenomenon in which getting paid for doing what you already enjoy will sometimes cause your love for the task to wane because you attribute your motivation as coming from the reward, not your internal feelings
A phenomenon in which getting paid for doing what you already enjoy will sometimes cause your love for the task to wane because you attribute your motivation as coming from the reward, not your internal feelings
Self-Enhancement Bias
The tendency to protect unrealistic attitudes about your abilities in order to stay sane and avoid despair. Involves rating ourselves more highly than social norms would predict
The tendency to protect unrealistic attitudes about your abilities in order to stay sane and avoid despair. Involves rating ourselves more highly than social norms would predict
Priming
Every idea you experience now unconsciously influences all the ideas you experience later. Those ideas then influence your behavior without your realizing it
With awareness, we can remain conscious of how previous experiences may influence our present decision-making
Every idea you experience now unconsciously influences all the ideas you experience later. Those ideas then influence your behavior without your realizing it
With awareness, we can remain conscious of how previous experiences may influence our present decision-making
Confabulation
Confabulation is a type of memory error in which gaps in a person's memory are unconsciously filled with fabricated, misinterpreted, or distorted information
When someone confabulates, they are confusing things they have imagined with real memories
Confabulation is a type of memory error in which gaps in a person's memory are unconsciously filled with fabricated, misinterpreted, or distorted information
When someone confabulates, they are confusing things they have imagined with real memories
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