Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain Thinking like a Freak Trying to think more creatively and rationally Viewing things from different angles and with different expectations Hard to do because existing biases and herd mentality I Don’t Know Hard to really understand complicated things Studies on expert predictions… Continue reading Think Like a Freak
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow Two Systems There are two systems: One is automatic (System 1), the other requires focused thought (System 2) System 1 makes associations automatically and can turn into beliefs and actions which often turn into actions System 2 is lazy and when weak more susceptible to System 1; people who are less… Continue reading Thinking, Fast and Slow
James Altucher Podcast – Stephen Dubner – 05/2015
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2015/05/dubner/ Stephen Dubner is one of the authors of the Freakonomics books When to Rob a Bank is new book consisting of best blog posts from past 10 years Levis tends to throw himself into a situation while Dubner tends to raise a question Writing tends to be about ideas vs. specific things making more… Continue reading James Altucher Podcast – Stephen Dubner – 05/2015
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People “The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun” -John D. Rockefeller . The key to connecting with others is making them feel important. People care about… Continue reading How to Win Friends & Influence People
Man’s Search For Meaning
Man’s Search for Meaning Part I: Experiences in a Concentration Camp In Part I, Victor Frankl recounts his experiences in concentration camps. There were mass killings. Prisoners were given bars of soap and sent to gas chambers to take a “bath”. Everyone considered suicide. Prisoners grew detached and disgusted with life. They were constantly beaten. Sometimes the mental… Continue reading Man’s Search For Meaning
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