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It is an honor in society to do things to help our leaders. And perhaps at a later date, if they remember to recognize us, they may even throw us a bone while everyone else is watching.
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Snap judgments and rapid cognition take place behind a locked door.
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Taking rapid cognition seriously – acknowledging the incredible power… that first impressions play in our lives – requires that we take active steps to manage and control those impressions.
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Deliberate thinking is a wonderful tool when we have the luxury of time, the help of a computer, and a clearly defined task, and the fruits of that type of analysis can set the stage for rapid cognition.
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Perhaps the most common – and the most important – forms of rapid cognition are the judgments we make and the impressions we form of other people.
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Mind-reading failures… aren’t always as obvious and spectacular as other breakdowns in rapid cognition… They are subtle and complex and surprisingly common…
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Taking our powers of rapid cognition seriously means we have to acknowledge the subtle influences that can alter or undermine or bias the products of our unconscious.
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…if we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition.
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The best bosses battle unnecessary intricacy, serving as simplicity police who relentlessly reduce the emotional and cognitive effort required for turning knowledge into action.
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We human beings can’t help wondering why things happen, even when all that cogitating doesn’t change our fates.
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