Maxwell D.

The egocentric bias causes us to think that our own perspectives are more important when considering events, ideas, and beliefs. For example, we tend to overestimate the amount we contributed to a team project.

The bias can make it more challenging to understand other people's perspectives. It can cause us to misinterpret situations and make poor judgements.

In the first hour after you learn something, if nothing is done with new the information, you will forget about 50% of it.

After 24 hours, this percentage goes up to 70%, and if a week goes by without that information being put to work, up to 90% of it could be lost.

The Nirvana fallacy is a form of perfectionism and it consists in comparing existing solutions with ideal, unrealistic ones.

The 10% rule states that you should spend roughly 10% of the total time you anticipate for a project on planning the project. The time spent planning is often the most valuable.

At first, set aside more time for planning. Force yourself to map out the path ahead instead of just doing.

1. It is easier to create chaos than to create order. We prefer order, but creating it takes effort.
2. Approaching order sometimes involves creating more chaos. Steps backward are often necessarily to move forward with integrity.
3. You cannot resolve chaos all at once. Pick your battles. You cannot solve everything at once.
4. Chaos is easier because there are more ways to be chaotic.
5. To the uninitiated, systematic applications of complex patterns look like magic.

The five stages of grief are described as anger, bargaining, denial, depression, and acceptance. Yet, when a tragedy strike, we already know how bad things are. What is most needed is hope.

Socratic ignorance refers to a person's acknowledgment of their ignorance: "I know only one thing – that I know nothing."

It is also referred to as "Socratic wisdom."