Book Titles

…we all systematically underpredict the degree to which arousal completely negates our superego, and the way emotions can take control of our behavior.

…avoiding temptation altogether is easier than overcoming it.

…to make informed decisions we need to somehow experience and understand the emotional state we will be in at the other side of the experience.

We need to explore the two sides of ourselves; we need to see how the gap between the hot and cold states benefits our lives, and where it leads us astray.

…although almost everyone has problems with procrastination, those we recognize and admit their weakness are in a better position to utilize available tools for precommitment and by doing so, help themselves overcome it.

Resisting temptation and instilling self-control are general human goals, and repeatedly failing to achieve them is a source of much of our misery.

Ownership pervades our lives and, in a strange way, shapes many of the things we do.

…we focus on what we may lose, rather than what we may gain.

As soon as we begin thinking about giving up our valued possessions, we are already mourning the loss.

…we can begin to feel ownership even before we own something.