Figuring out what we want

“We all suffer from many biases. We suffer from confirmation bias, selection bias, negativity bias, recency bias, gender bias, optimism bias, etc. These biases are normal, but they are also dangerous. The most dangerous bias we face is our innate privileging of the past. We elevate the past and g...

We tend to be interested in the success stories of many. We love the encouragement it provides us, but we often overlook the fact that most of these success stories have undergone through many failures.

Survivorship bias is when we concentrate on the peopl...

... on a regular basis. To make this process easier, do the following:

• Turn each the hangers in your closet so the hooks are pointing towards you (wrong way round).
• When you wear something, put it back with the hook the normal way.
• Donate anything in a hanger still facin...