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The Art of Thinking Clearly

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2014
ISBN
978-0-06-221968-8, 0062219685, 9780062219695, 0062219693, 9780062273840, 0062273841, 9780062219701
Language
englishgerman
Format
EPUB
Filesize
518 kB (530469 bytes)
Edition
1st Harper paperback ed
Pages
358\0
Time added
2019-09-25 00:16:16

Description

Have you ever . . . Invested time in something that, in hindsight, just wasn't worth it? Paid too much in an eBay auction? Continued to do something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or too early? Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances? Backed the wrong horse? These are examples of what the author calls cognitive biases, simple errors all of us make in day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to identify them, we can avoid them and make better choices: whether in dealing with personal problems or business negotiations, trying to save money or earn profits, or merely working out what we really want in life--and strategizing the best way to get it. Already an international bestseller, The Art of Thinking Clearly distills cutting-edge research from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience into a clever, practical...

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