The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than your own. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People assign much higher probability to the truth of their opinions than is warranted. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Being wealthy is often a powerful predictor that people spend less time doing pleasurable things and more time doing compulsory things and… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People's mood is really determined primarily by their genetic make-up and personality, and in the second place by their immediate context, and… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
My interest in well-being evolved from my interest in decision making - from raising the question of whether people know what they… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People are very good [at] thinking about agents. The mind is set really beautifully to think about agents. Agents have traits. Agents… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.'… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
A general “law of least effort” applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves to a standard of what a successful life is, and it turns out that… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Finally, the illusions of validity and skill are supported by a powerful professional culture. We know that people can maintain an unshakable… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
We deeply want to be led by people who know what they're doing and who don't have to think about it too… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world. They are convinced they have an advantage. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
When people talk of the economy being strong, they don't seem to feel that they, too, are better off. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People who face a difficult question often answer an easier one instead, without realizing it. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
One of the problems with expertise is that people have it in some domains and not in others. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“People who are poor think like traders, but the dynamics are quite different. Unlike traders, the poor are not indifferent to the differences between… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“So this is my aim for watercooler conversations: improve the ability to identify and understand errors of judgment and choice, in others and eventually… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“For example, I recently came to doubt my long-held impression that adultery is more common among politicians than among physicians or lawyers.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“the idea of money primes individualism: a reluctance to be involved with others, to depend on others, or to accept demands from others.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long;… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“The best we can do is a compromise: learn to recognize situations in which mistakes are likely and try harder to avoid significant mistakes… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
![“People are very good [at] thinking about agents. The mind is set really beautifully to think about agents. Agents have traits. Agents have behaviors. We understand agents. We form global impression of their personalities. We are really not very good at remembering sentences where the subject of…” quote by Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/949/daniel-kahneman-431_abstract_people-are-very-good-at-thinking-about-a_2370436.jpg)
