Latest Daniel Kahneman Quotes from Interviews

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• That's one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Real, Organization, Leader

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

• We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too much.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Thinking, People, Want

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

• Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

  Daniel Kahneman

  People, Done, Facts

  "Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?". Interview with Olivier Sibony and Dan Lovallo, www.mckinsey.com. March 2010.

• Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others' trust in that individual's gut.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Wise, Feelings, Risk

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

• The amount of success it takes for leaders to become overconfident isn't terribly large.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Leader, Amount, Overconfident

  "Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?". Interview with Olivier Sibony and Dan Lovallo, www.mckinsey.com. March 2010.

• An executive might have a very strong intuition that a given product has promise, without considering the probability that a rival is already ahead in developing the same product.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Strong, Promise, Intuition

  "Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?". Interview with Olivier Sibony and Dan Lovallo, www.mckinsey.com. March 2010.

• In strategic decisions, I'd be really concerned about overconfidence.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Decision, Overconfidence, Concerned

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

• Experts don't know exactly where the boundaries of their expertise are.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Experts, Boundaries, Expertise

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

• One of the problems with expertise is that people have it in some domains and not in others.

  Daniel Kahneman

  People, Problem, Domain

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

• I would be wary of experts' intuition, except when they deal with something that they have dealt with a lot in the past.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Past, Intuition, Experts

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

• Overconfidence is a powerful source of illusions, primarily determined by the quality and coherence of the story that you can construct, not by its validity.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Powerful, Quality, Stories

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

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

  Daniel Kahneman

  Simple, Reality, People

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

• You should not take your intuitions at face value.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Intuition, Faces, Should

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

• There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Intuition, Trust Your Intuition, Conditions

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

• When you are under time pressure for a decision, you need to follow intuition.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Decision, Intuition, Needs

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

• If you can't take the time for a vacation right now, or even a night out with friends, put something on the calendar - even if it's a month or a year down the road. Then whenever you need a boost of happiness, remind yourself about it.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Night, Vacation, Years

  Source: time.com

• Often, the most enjoyable part of an activity is the anticipation.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Anticipation, Enjoyable, Activity

  Source: time.com

• One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent.

  Daniel Kahneman

  People, Levels, Study

  Source: time.com

• Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Vacation, Dutch, Anticipation

  Source: time.com

• 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.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Writing, Sleep, Exercise

  Source: time.com

• Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Mean, Commitment, Self

  Source: time.com

• Most things that couples disagree upon aren't worth more than a day's combat.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Couple, Combat, Disagree

  Source: time.com

• Ten minutes of a smartphone in front of your nose is about the equivalent of an hour long walk in bright daylight. Imagine going for an hour long walk in bright daylight and then thinking, "Now I'll get some sleep." It ain't going to happen.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Sleep, Thinking, Long Walks

  Source: time.com

• If there was one ubiquitous recommendation about marriage it was this: "Don't go to bed angry."

  Daniel Kahneman

  Bed, Recommendations, Angry

  Source: time.com

• A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Weekend, Differences, Weekdays

  Source: time.com