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…the emotional, cognitive, and social factors that support exaggerated optimism are a heady brew, which sometimes leads people to take risks that they would avoid if they knew the odds.
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263 |
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When you take the long view of many similar decisions, you can see that paying a premium to avoid a small risk of a large loss is costly.
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321 |
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In addition to improving the emotional quality of life, the deliberate avoidance of exposure to short-term outcomes improves the quality of both decisions and outcomes.
|
339 |
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We spend much of our day anticipating, and trying to avoid, the emotional pains we inflict on ourselves.
|
351 |
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You almost have to make an effort to avoid shopping today.
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024 |
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Teams that avoid [retrospectives] are not focused on improving anything and are often suffering from psychological safety challenges.
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155 |
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Treat every strategy with caution, and take care to avoid becoming intellectually or emotionally wedded to your preferred strategy.
|
060 |
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If you want a strong culture, you will have to make hard decisions to let certain people go for the greater good. There’s no way to avoid those cases.
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081 |
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In your work life, try to embrace your struggles rather than avoiding them. Yes, they may be hard, painful, even terrorizing. But hardships are incredibly formative and educational.
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168 |
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This evolutionary tendency to avoid losses, even to obtain gains, further cements people’s desire to maintain the status quo.
|
050 |
