What if the secret to achieving success wasn’t about crafting the perfect plan, but about systematically sidestepping every possible way...

A cognitive bias where people decide on options based on whether the options are presented with positive or negative connotations (the...

A cognitive bias where an individual depends too heavily on an initial piece of information offered (the "anchor") when making decisions....

The pain of losing is psychologically about twice as powerful as the pleasure of winning. A software company wants you to try its...

The human tendency to create stories to explain past events, oversimplifying causality and making them seem more predictable than they...

The logical error of concentrating on the people or things that "survived" a process while overlooking those that did not because they...

Our judgment is swayed by vivid, recent, or emotionally charged examples, not by statistical reality. After a major plane crash dominates...

The universal human tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's...

In many domains, improvement comes not from seeking the good, but from eliminating the bad. You draft a long, complicated email full of...

Antifragility is the quality of systems that gain strength, capability, and resilience as a result of stressors, shocks, or failures. A...

History is shaped by rare, unpredictable, high-impact events, not by the normal, predictable ones. For decades, the structure of office...

Second-order thinking is deep and complex. It considers the longer-term consequences of the initial effects. A manager at an ice cream...

Among competing hypotheses that predict equally well, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. You can't find your house...

Rational decision-making requires honestly identifying the boundaries of your "circle of competence" and operating only within it. At a...

Models are useful abstractions, but they are always incomplete and can lead to errors if we forget they are not reality. You are...

You begin the day with the clearest of intentions. A healthy salad for lunch, a brisk run after work, an evening spent with a good book....