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• Mistaken belief in limited resources: assumeing that a certain resource is more limited than is actually the case.
• Mistaken belief in trade-off consistency: assuming that there must be a tradeoff between the various advantages and disadvantages of each option, so that ...

I believe in this idea so strongly. It must be true.

We hold on to an idea that is secretly pleasing to us, but deep inside we might have some doubts as to its truth and so we go an extra mile to convince ourselves — to believe in it with great vehemence, and to loudly contrad...

Dysfunctional people, who are stuck in an old belief pattern will say things like:

• We must know our passion.
• We should know what to do by the time we are out of college.
• We should keep optimizing to be at our best.

All of these belief patterns assume t...