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Our Emotions Hijack Our Objectivity

Humans are not good at impartially evaluating the risks and rewards of any decision.

Our ‘thinking’ brain loses out to our ‘feeling’ brain, that is our natural cravings, desires and urges. We can curb this by being self-aware and thinking through any important decision.

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Good and Bad Decisions

Decisions are a cost-benefit analysis of risking something small for the opportunity to gain something big.

  • Good decisions can be: Exercising, meditating for 10 minutes daily, finding the courage and striking up a conversation with someone, applying ...

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No Decision Is A Decision Too

Running away from decisions and being indecisive is also a decision. Action becomes your friend here, and it is good to get out of the comfort zone and take risks, instead of being in a mental paralysis.

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Temporal Discounting

It is a quirk which makes us value the present opportunity more than a future opportunity. This is known as ‘Present Bias’ in psychology.

Example: If offered a choice between getting $100 now or $150 after a year, we are more likely to take up the money offered right n...

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Trade-offs and Life Values

Trade-offs are not something as simple as flipping a coin. Our values guide us towards what we want in life, and it is not the same for all. Example: Buying a house has a trade-off of mortgage for the next ten or more years. This is subjective and depends on what we value in life.

Indecisi...

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Every Decision In Life Becomes a Trade-Off

Every Decision In Life Becomes a Trade-Off

... and boils down to what we give up to attain something. Our mindsets are inclined towards pleasure and resistive towards pain. We normally like to think in terms of gaining, success, and acceptance.

We forget that there are always two sides of the coi...

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Status Distorts Our Perceptions

Our perceptions and emotions get skewed when we are in the presence of extreme beauty, power and wealth.

People of status and power are constantly bending reality around us and creating a ‘Halo Effect’, making us feel that they are smarter, more amusing and charismatic tha...

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How To Make Better Decisions

  1. Write down your thoughts. This helps in being objective and map out your decisions. This also brings clarity to the mind.
  2. Override your anxiety by doing what is required, even though it may be inconvenient or unpleasant.
    3. Understand w...

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Our Minds Are Bad At Compounding Stuff

If we practice something (learning a new language for example) for just 30 minutes a day, we normally do not realize or understand that by practising daily for 365 days, we are better in that activity 3778 per cent or about 38 times.

If we are practising the same skill ev...

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