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Normalcy bias
Underestimating the possibility of disasters occurring. People incorrectly assume things will be as they have always been.
Thus, they don’t have an urgency to prepare for the worst. The solution: practical or defensive pesimism.
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The basic form immediate behavioral change:
Understanding and feeling the consequences of our behavior. Our actions don’t offer imediate feedback, so principles are important in recognizing the consequences of certain things without waiting.
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Take advantage of the default options
By changing the default option of certain choices is an easy way to immediately change behavior. Remove all distractions and non-essentials from your life, so doing the essentials becomes your “default position.”
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“We control our actions, but the consequences that flow from those actions are controlled by principles.”
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Normalcy bias
Underestimating the possibility of disasters occurring. Thus, they don’t have an urgency to prepare for the worst.
When disaster strikes, some people lose their heads, some people become cool and effective, but by far most people act as if they've suddenly forgotten the d...
The projection bias
It occurs when we are in a “hot” state of mind and incorrectly assume that our current needs will be the same as our future needs. As a result, we tend to make decisions based on how we feel right now instead of how we might feel in the future.
Another way to think about i...
Negativity bias and feedback
Receiving criticism will always have a greater impact than receiving praise.
And we remember criticism strongly but inaccurately. But although criticism is more likely to be remember incorrectly, we don’t often forget it - almost everyone remembers negative things more str...
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