Daniel Kahneman Quotes

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• We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.

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  Blind, Obvious, Blindness

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.26, Macmillan

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• The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.

  Daniel Kahneman

  People, Mind, Quality

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• A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.

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  Believe, People, Way

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.71, Macmillan

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• The easiest way to increase happiness is to control your use of time.

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  Use Of Time, Way, Use

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.452, Macmillan

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• We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if the story were true.

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  Doubt, Stories, States

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• The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

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  Past, Illusion, Ability

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.248, Macmillan

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• Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

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  Ignorance, Comforting, Foundation

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.230, Macmillan

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• Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well...Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier. The odds are that you will be less depressed, happier, and addicted to this exercise six months from now.

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  Writing, Sleep, Exercise

  Source: time.com

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• Mind is a machine for jumping to conclusions

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  Jumping, Mind, Machines

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• When people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are unsound.

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  Believe, People, Support

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.50, Macmillan

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• Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Thinking, Important, Life Is

  "Are You Happy Now?". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. February 10, 2005.

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• True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.

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  Mistake, Feedback, Expertise

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• An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can't easily recognize that they are the same.

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  Mind, Sound, Chance

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• One of the major biases in risky decision making is optimism. Optimism is a source of high-risk thinking.

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  Thinking, Optimism, Decision

  "Daniel Kahneman: The Thought Leader Interview". Interview with Michael Schrage, www.strategy-business.com. 2003.

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• The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

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  Giving, Priorities, Brain

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.342, Macmillan

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• Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.

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  Feelings, Determined, Family Relationship

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• Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.

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  Doe, Misery

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• To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.

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  Emotional, Errors, People

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• Acquisition of skills requires a regular environment, an adequate opportunity to practice, and rapid and unequivocal feedback about the correctness of thoughts and actions.

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  Opportunity, Practice, Skills

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.474, Macmillan

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• Spend some effort in figuring out why each decision did or did not pan out. Doing that systematically is key: really try to question the way you make decisions, and improve it.

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  Keys, Choices, Effort

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• The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

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  Self, Effort, Attention

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.46, Macmillan

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• If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality.

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  Simple, Reality, People

  "Kahneman and Klein on strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?". Interview with Gary Klein, bobmorris.biz. September 25, 2016.

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• Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.

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  Memories, Attention, Reason

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.51, Macmillan

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• After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.

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  World, Facts, Illusion

  "This much I know: Daniel Kahneman". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

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• If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

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  Ideas, Slow Down, Ifs

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