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…the most deeply incompetent people suffer from the most inflated assessments of their own abilities and performance.
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040 |
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We’re not omniscient. We don’t have crystal balls or time machines. All we have is our best assessment of an uncertain and changing landscape and the hope that we have honed our quitting skills enough to walk away when conditions turn against us.
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21 |
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It turns out that when people assess your skills, they put more weight on your peaks than on your troughs. People judge your potential from your best moments, not your worst.
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075 |
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…most of us are… terrible risk assessors.
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150 |
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When quality can be quickly assessed, people are less hesitant to try something new, which means that newcomers can enjoy lower barrier to entry.
|
005 |
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Once you can assess the absolute values of products, it becomes easier to determine if the value gap between products justifies the observed price differences.
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070 |
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…once you assess absolute value more precisely, you can actually determine if you get what you pay for.
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070 |
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Whether it is you, your customer, or a colleague, assess without judgment or you may end up as the one being judged.
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049 |
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When you build what you need, you can also assess the quality of what you make quickly and directly, instead of by proxy.
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036 |
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A measure won’t drive behavior if it doesn’t maintain attention, and it certainly won’t maintain attention if it’s rarely assessed…
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022 |
