Ask Elon. Read what Elon is saying. It seems to me that’s how people get their insights nowadays. Easy. Want to know what’s hard? Forming your own point of view and thinking for yourself. It’s hard because you have to do the work.
Tag Archives: psychology
Use These 3 tactics To Keep an Open Mind and Avoid Confirmation Bias
A few years ago I read Think Like a Rocket Scientist, which is very practical and bursting with insights on how to think better in order to solve problems and achieve your goals. The author, Ozan Varol, is a former rocket scientist. Varol’s insights are based on his own personal journey as well as his extensive research on problem-solving and creativity.
10 Tactics I Use to Keep an Open Mind and Avoid Confirmation Bias
Want to make better decisions? Ask yourself why you keep constantly making bad ones. Ok, it’s not that simple; but this is an example of an approach to short-circuit our habitual ways of thinking. One way we impede ourselves from making better decisions is confirmation bias.
Using Pre-Suasion to Influence Others: A Guide to Changing Minds
Changing someone’s mind can be a daunting task, but it is a necessary one for anyone who wants to influence others. Whether you are trying to persuade a colleague to support your project, a client to buy your product or a friend to change their behavior, you need to be able to present your ideas in a compelling way.
What’s The Best Piece of Advice For Developing A Strong Mindset?
We’re all in a constant state of becoming. Mindset is everything. It can both ail you and bring you down. Developing and adopting the right mindset will change your perspective and your life. How can you develop a strong mindset?
The Art of Second Guess: A Review of Think Twice by Michael J. Mauboussin
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a great book on making better decisions; Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke. Today, I want to introduce you to Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition by Michael J. Mauboussin.
3 Useful Methods To Help You Avoid Confirmation Bias
Thinking is hard. It’s why most people judge and jump to conclusions fast. To make more rational decisions, I’ve written about cognitive biases many times before, brain bugs I call them, and explained how we must become aware of them to be able to combat them.