The single trait that holds most of us back:
Overthinking.
10 cognitive biases you need to know so you can think clearly:
Overthinking.
10 cognitive biases you need to know so you can think clearly:
#1: The spotlight effect.
As humans, we believe we are being thought of more than we are.
We tend to think others judge us constantly.
This holds us back.
In reality people are more worried about themselves and don't have time to think about you.
As humans, we believe we are being thought of more than we are.
We tend to think others judge us constantly.
This holds us back.
In reality people are more worried about themselves and don't have time to think about you.
#2: The emotional seesaw effect.
Some days you feel you're a legend in your field.
On other days you feel inadequate.
When you let your emotions overwhelm you, it stops you thinking clearly.
When you feel strong emotions, remind yourself that it will pass.
Some days you feel you're a legend in your field.
On other days you feel inadequate.
When you let your emotions overwhelm you, it stops you thinking clearly.
When you feel strong emotions, remind yourself that it will pass.
#3: The ambiguity effect.
If we have two options:
• one has all the info available
• the other has unknowns
We tend to go for the option with certainty.
EVEN if that option may be less likely to succeed.
If we have two options:
• one has all the info available
• the other has unknowns
We tend to go for the option with certainty.
EVEN if that option may be less likely to succeed.
#4: The Delmore Effect.
We can provide more articulate + specific goals for lower priority areas of our lives.
We tend to focus on the low hanging fruit in our lives.
We neglect the bigger items.
But it's the bigger stuff that will transform our happiness.
We can provide more articulate + specific goals for lower priority areas of our lives.
We tend to focus on the low hanging fruit in our lives.
We neglect the bigger items.
But it's the bigger stuff that will transform our happiness.
#5: The framing effect.
We are more likely to choose an option if it's framed positively, rather than presented as a risk.
Often we choose the worst option, just because it's been framed positively.
Instead of taking things on face value, we SHOULD dig deep to fully evaluate.
We are more likely to choose an option if it's framed positively, rather than presented as a risk.
Often we choose the worst option, just because it's been framed positively.
Instead of taking things on face value, we SHOULD dig deep to fully evaluate.
#6: All or nothing thinking.
We tend to think in extremes.
• I won or I lost
• My team is brilliant or awful
• That decision was right or wrong
But real life is in the in-between.
And a right decision doesn't always lead to a great outcome.
We tend to think in extremes.
• I won or I lost
• My team is brilliant or awful
• That decision was right or wrong
But real life is in the in-between.
And a right decision doesn't always lead to a great outcome.
#7: The peak-end rule.
Humans tend to judge an experience based on we felt at its peak.
We don't judge it based on the average of the whole experience.
So we neglect key factors when we make decisions based on an event.
Humans tend to judge an experience based on we felt at its peak.
We don't judge it based on the average of the whole experience.
So we neglect key factors when we make decisions based on an event.
#8: The pseudocertainty effect.
We tend to perceive an outcome as certain, when actually it is not.
Often there are multiple stages of the decision with uncertainty.
We remove the early uncertain stages when we weigh up the subsequent ones.
We tend to perceive an outcome as certain, when actually it is not.
Often there are multiple stages of the decision with uncertainty.
We remove the early uncertain stages when we weigh up the subsequent ones.
#9: The Google effect.
We tend to forget information that we know we can find easily online.
We remember the location of the information, but not the content.
This means our decisions aren't necessarily based on all the info we need.
We tend to forget information that we know we can find easily online.
We remember the location of the information, but not the content.
This means our decisions aren't necessarily based on all the info we need.
#10: The third person effect.
As humans, we think that mass media messages have a bigger effect on others than they do ourselves.
We over-estimate the effect of the message on others.
We under-estimate the effect of it on ourselves.
As humans, we think that mass media messages have a bigger effect on others than they do ourselves.
We over-estimate the effect of the message on others.
We under-estimate the effect of it on ourselves.
TL;DR - 10 cognitive biases that stop you thinking clearly:
• #1: Spotlight bias
• #2: See-saw
• #3: Ambiguity effect
• #4: Framing effect
• #5: Delmore effect
• #6: All or nothing
• #7: Peak-end rule
• #8: Pseudocertainty
• #9: Google effect
• #10: 3rd-person effect
• #1: Spotlight bias
• #2: See-saw
• #3: Ambiguity effect
• #4: Framing effect
• #5: Delmore effect
• #6: All or nothing
• #7: Peak-end rule
• #8: Pseudocertainty
• #9: Google effect
• #10: 3rd-person effect
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