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How to make rational decisions
The role of biases in decision-making
The impact of social norms on decision-making
Fearful, but grateful
Often we forget to look at what’s good or what we have achieved in the face of difficulty. Sadly, it’s easier to remember our traumas than happy memories.
It’s easy to think about what we still need to do or what went wrong or an uncomfortable situation. But stop to think of what you have achieved or your top three moments of the day. You might be surprised by the results.
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Staying sane
To use foresight and to tackle the world’s problems one individual at a time, we must be of sane mind.
We must also understand the problems and empathize enough that we want to give money to organizations that help, offer up our homes to those in need when we can, and do jobs that help shap...
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Hegelian hope
Hegelian dialectics teaches us that moving between opposing views and looking for different angles will help us find the best way forward.
Hegel believes that all world problems will eventually be sorted in this way. The caveat is that we have to be open to hearing/seeing/reading these ...
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An image-centric world
We now gain a huge amount of our knowledge through images, and that’s not all bad. Many people learn and retain information better through images. But because we are likely to believe what we see, digital images (which may be altered or out of context) may be contributing to a po...
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Memory And The Art Of Building Narratives
- We all have old memories that we dearly hold on to, and these early remembrances form our life’s narrative, the story we tell ourselves.
- These fixed memories provide us with feelings of nostalgia and make us happy when we listen to old songs or see old pictures.
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The definition of contentment
Contentment means being happy with what we already have in our lives, being satisfied with our possessions, status, or situation.
It’s being happy without trying to find fulfillment in acquiring more material possessions.
4. Let go of your attachment to the problem
Trying to control the problem—your boss, your spouse, or your circumstances—will only keep you more attached to it. The more you “leech” onto a problem, the more it “leeches” back on you.
You will never be able to see the lesson if you dwell on all the little details about what seems wrong....
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