We create higher meaning
It is comforting to think that life doesn’t happen in chaotic bursts of randomness, but is instead governed by an intelligent organising force.
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What feelings call for
Our normal approach to resolving our problems and concerns is to overcome them. But this often makes them persist.
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Truth, reality and fiction
Thinking about what is true, and what is real, what is fictitious and illusory helps bring some perspective as we ponder how we spend our time and what’s valuable to us.
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How the brain works to prevent change
Our brains exercise an evolutionary pressure against changing our minds and opening our thinking by favouring the safety of our current worldview.
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The unlovable is love looking for itself
We think of certain behaviours as functional and of others as dysfunctional, constructive vs destructive, adaptive vs maladaptive. Generally we consider attitudes and actions that help us move closer to happiness, peace, abundance as good.
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Common cognitive biases series (part 3)
Our brains are prone to cognitive biases—systematic errors in thinking, which largely occur because we’re trying to process information quickly. These erroneous patterns of thinking are predictable and we’re all affected by them.
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Common cognitive biases series (part 2)
Cognitive biases serve a useful evolutionary purpose: they help us process and react to sensory inputs and information quickly, they protect us from experiencing unpleasant feelings, and they enable us to respond to incoming threats.
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For better results ask better questions
The results we get are a feature of the questions we ask. If we want different results we need to ask different questions.
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Common cognitive biases series (part 1)
Familiarity with common cognitive biases can help us make better decisions and improve the quality of our work and thinking.
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What success really depends on
Why do we stick with some commitments but break others and how to build habits that we sustain for the long-run.
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