Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
Today's Blog (#48) is about the misuse of statistics - a subject close to my heart. Misuse happens in getting data, crunching data and...
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Context dear boy!
"Context is everything" - Alvin Gouldner Today's short Blog (#47) is about context and is a part of the information gathering part of...
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Gathering good information
“The only source of knowledge is experience” - Albert Einstein Blog 46 starts on how people can gather good information. Last week we...
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Why I rarely read news
“Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and...
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Which Big Decision?
"Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it."...
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2022 - Key insights
This is my final post of 2022 (#43). Thank you for joining me so far on the journey highlighting decision-making and the brain. 'What...
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What should we cover in 2023?
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln (we know he gets the credit...
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8 brain books for you
′So many books. So little time...' - Frank Zappa Thank you for joining me for blog 41, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This...
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Group dynamics - 4 things you need to know
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit" - Harry S. Truman Thank you for joining me for another...
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3 tips for leading group discussions
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled they will say: we did it ourselves" - Lao...
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How do world-beating teams decide?
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever" - Amy Poehler...
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Why we need U-turns
"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" - Paul Samuelson Thank you for joining me for another blog (#37),...
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Beware - groupthink
"Groupthink refers to a deterioration in mental efficiency, reality testing and moral judgments as a result of group pressures." - Irving...
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Make. Meetings. Better.
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that...
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3 pillars of bad incentives
“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” - Charlie Munger Thank you for...
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Broad incentives
'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome' - Charlie Munger Thank you for joining me for blog 33, highlighting...
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Wisdom in crowds
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller Thank you for joining me for blog 32, highlighting...
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10 Weasel words and phrases
Thank you for joining me for blog 31, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration of what drives...
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Hormones cheat sheet
"To control your hormones is to control your life" - Barry Sears Thank you for joining me for blog 30 (!), highlighting decision-making...
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12 links between Hormones and Decisions
"A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or...
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Sex and Sleep hormones
"To control your hormones is to control your life" - Barry Sears Thank you for joining me for blog 28 highlighting decision-making and...
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Cortisol - the hormone of alarm
“Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.” –...
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Endorphins - the hormone of relief
“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.” - Bob Dylan Thank you for joining me for blog 26 highlighting decision-making...
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The hormone of respect - Serotonin
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” - Confucius Thank you for joining me for blog 25 highlighting decision-making and the...
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Oxytocin - the hormone of trust
'He who does not trust enough will not be trusted' - Lao Tzu Thank you for joining me for blog 24 highlighting decision-making and the...
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The digital addiction industry
“Facebook is not just injurious to health, it's now a full-on humanitarian crisis.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets...
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Dopamine - why is everyone talking about it?
'When the eyes of a woman that a man finds attractive look directly at him, his brain secretes the pleasure-inducing chemical dopamine -...
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Insights from 20 decision blogs
Thank you for joining me for blog 21 in the series, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration of what...
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10 Forecasting tips
“No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all of your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the...
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You've been framed
“It's not what you said, it's how you said it” Thank you for joining me for blog 19 in the series, highlighting decision-making and the...
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Why you need an anchor
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci. Thank you for joining me for blog 18 in the series, highlighting...
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An intro to "Flow"
"The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something...
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Own. Your. Attention.
"My experience is what I give my attention to" (slightly doctored William James quote) Thank you for joining me for blog 16 in the...
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Reclaiming deep work
"Men of genius themselves were great only by bringing all their power to bear on the point on which they had decided to show their full...
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Age and learning
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”- Henry Ford. Thank you for...
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Today's superpower - learning
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”...
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10 brain books
′Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read' - Mark Twain Thank you for joining me for blog 12 in the series, highlighting...
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Common financial biases
"The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular." Thank you for joining me for my eleventh blog in the series,...
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Losses versus gains (part 1)
"A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush" Thank you for joining me for my tenth (yes 10 weeks in a row!) blog in the series,...
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Change your mind!
"Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything" - George Bernard Shaw Thank you...
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Are you being nudged (or sludged)?
"There is no such thing as a neutral presentation of a choice - it is always leading you to one direction or another" Thank you for...
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Habits
"The ultimate purpose of habits is to solve the problems of life with as little energy and effort as possible." Thank you for joining me...
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Which decisions to focus on?
Thank you for joining me for the sixth blog of the series, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration of...
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Tricks your brain uses
Thank you for joining me for my fifth blog of the series, highlighting decision-making and the brain. This is my public exploration as to...
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Intuitions - can we trust them?
Thank you for continuing to join me on this public exploration of decision-making with an aim to make better decisions. This is the...
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Jumping to conclusions
Greetings all! Judging from the response on last week's blog, The brain - old and new (hartejsingh.com), it seems that the evolution of...
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The brain - old and new
Thank you for your support in this journey so far. The response has been far more than anticipated and it seems that decision-making is a...
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The constraints of decision-making
Firstly, thank you so much for your support in reading this blog. All views expressed are purely my own. Secondly, if this article has...
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Deciders - new blog starting
Having read many blogs and listened to many podcasts, it has become clear that decision-making is an area which endlessly fascinates me....
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