Book Titles

Boundaries are necessary because of people’s tendency to escalate their commitment to their choices.

With the right tripwire, we can ensure that we don’t throw good money (or time) after bad.

…tripwires encourage risk taking by letting us create a ‘safe space’ for experimentation.

…tripwires allow us the certainty of committing to a course of action, even a risky one, while minimizing the costs of overconfidence.

When you’ve got multiple powerful parties involved in a decision, compromise is unavoidable.

…bargainers tend to act as devil’s advocates for each other, asking the disconfirming questions that people don’t always ask themselves.

When you can articulate someone’s point of view better than they can, it’s de facto proof that you are really listening.

We can’t know when we make a choice whether it will be successful.

Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can’t control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.

…passion and process can work hand in glove.