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Availability-Misweighing Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

We tend to overemphasize information that is the most available and vivid from our surroundings and our mind. In the academic world, this is known as the Availability Bias. Unfortunately, The easiness doesn’t mean that the information is the most

Reason-Respecting Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

Before doing things, we love to have reasons. Therefore, when delegating things to other people, be sure to share the reasons why the task is important. In a famous study by researcher, Ellen Langer, she showed that when asking for

Stress-Influence Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

Some stress helps us focus, but too much destroys our decision making capabilities. Therefore, we must learn how to manage stress in situations, so that we make the best decisions possible. In ethically questionable experiments performed by Nobel Laureate, Ivan

Authority-Misinfluence Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

We trust and respect leaders too much, even when they make mistakes. We also trust leaders in areas where they are not experts. This is known as the Halo Effect. Source: Michael Simmons & Ian Chew

Twaddle Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

People tend to talk a lot about things they’re not an expert in. Be very careful of these people. Instead, try to surround yourself with people who show restraint in sharing their opinions until they’re more proven or thought through.

Lollapalooza Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

Lollapalooza Tendency is the tendency to get extreme consequences from confluences of psychological tendencies acting in favor of a particular outcome. Although it is lasted last here, Munger counts it as one of the most important. This tendency works in

Contrast-Misreaction Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

Our conscious mind is limited. Therefore, we can’t register every detail that we see, hear, feel, taste, and smell in every moment. Our brain unconsciously makes choices about where our attention flows. One of the ways that it makes this

Over-Optimism Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

We tend to be foolishly optimistic without calculating the risks. In anticipation of good future outcomes - and how much control we have over them - we overestimate how much control we have over them. Neuroscientist Tali Sharot’s research suggests

Deprival-Superreaction Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

We tend to intensely react to any real loss or potential loss irrationally. This explains in-fighting that occurs within bureaucracies. Source: Michael Simmons & Ian Chew

Social-Proof Tendency

Categories: Cognitive Biases|

We are wired to make a huge number of decisions in our life based purely on other people’s actions. The effect is so strong that even if we are surrounded by a small group of people who insist that blue