People prefer things to stay the same and are resistant to change, even when change could be beneficial. You might resist switching to a new phone model even though it offers significant improvements over your current one.
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These cognitive biases and mind traps influence decision-making, perception, and behavior in various aspects of our lives. Recognizing them can help us make more rational and informed choices.
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These explanations are all irrational for preferring the status quo:
One possible reason for the "optimism bias" is found in the way we learn new information. People are quicker to change their beliefs when the information is better than expected, compared to information that is worse than expected.
When you experience something ‘new’, that actually ‘stimulate’ your brain!
Don’t get stuck in a rut doing the same old things – the only way to change the structure of your brain is to do something new. This creates new neural pathways, increasing your intelligence level.
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