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8The Art of Thinking Clearly
An eye-opening look at human psychology and reasoning — essential reading for anyone who wants to avoid “cognitive errors” and make better choices in all aspects of their lives.
26Stop procrastinating and become productive
How sad would it be, to recognise that time went by so fast and we are still standing there with our wish list and not have tried? And how wonderful would it be at the end of the day to remember all those good and bad experiences we have made with gratitude and warm feelings. There is nothing better than doing it!
Thoughts
Smile big at the right time.
Women who were slower to smile in the corporate world are perceived as more credible.
The flooding smile: when meeting someone, don’t smile right away. Pause for a moment, then let a big flooding smile go over your mouth and eyes. This will give them the impression that the smile is more genuine
Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them.
Pretend your brain is a white board. Is it covered with to-do lists and “DO NOT ERASE”? Is there space for drawing and combining ideas?
If we don’t appropriately manage the ‘open loops’ in our life, our attention will get pulled.
Achievements have greater appeal as failures, therefore they are systematically overrated. The media usually reportes only about stars, the unsuccessful are not mentioned.
Therfore we end up a distorted perception of the real chances. It is useful to study the unsuccessful.
#SurvivorshipBias
Behind each successful author hide 100 unsuccessful, behind each unsuccessful there are 100 that did not find a publisher, behind each of them there 100 who have not yet completed their manuscript ....
But in the news only the stars get the whole attention.
do you have at least one enemy? Good. Invite him or her over for coffee and ask for an honest opinion about your strengths and weaknesses. You will be forever grateful you did.
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice.
If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.
It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up – that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.