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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.

…if the empirical pattern clashes with your ideology, math prowess is no longer an asset; it actually becomes a liability.

The better you are at crunching numbers, the more spectacularly you fail at analyzing patterns that contradict your views.

Patterns that may be difficult to see in one realm can be stunningly clear in others.

Beneath the surface of everyday life is a hidden pattern: crucial, unexpected, and revealing.

…our moods and performance oscillate during the day. For most of us, mood follows a common pattern: a peak, a trough, and a rebound.

Thin-slicing’ refers to the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience.

…leadership sets the tone of the workplace culture and acceptable behavior patterns.

The big innovator has, to some degree, genius… [and can] take dozens of isolated pieces of information and see a pattern in them.

…while there are certainly plenty of patterns and conventions we can fall back on, every project presents new and unique challenges.