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Much research incontrovertibly shows that memory is biased and unpredictable – more like a patchwork quilt than the seamless tapestry of reality we like to imagine.

…an unfixed mind free of biases, preconceptions, judgments, criticisms, and expectations is therefore alive and awake to wonder, observe, process, and innovate. – Shunryu Suzuki

Leaders always need more quality thinking time. Yet because most leaders have a bias toward action, they often don’t have it.

Context matters, but the context of gender politics and gender bias is becoming untouchable – to everyone’s detriment.

To lead a big and vigorous life, you must work to overcome this negativity bias… remind yourself that the downside of a given situation is probably not as bad, or as likely, as it seems.

Because optimistic bias can be both a blessing and a risk, you should be both happy and wary if you are temperamentally optimistic.

…evidence suggests that an optimistic bias plays a role – sometimes the dominant role – whenever individuals or institutions voluntarily take on significant risks.

…the disadvantages of a change loom larger than its advantages, including a bias that favors the status quo.

The bias toward overestimation and overweighting of salient events is not an absolute rule, but it is large and robust.

…regret and hindsight bias will come together, so anything you can do to preclude hindsight is likely to be helpful.