“the children who had shown more self-control as four-year-olds had substantially higher scores on tests of intelligence.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“In a state of flow, however, maintaining focused attention on these absorbing activities requires no exertion of self-control, thereby freeing resources to… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“if you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“The conclusion is straightforward: self-control requires attention and effort. Another way of saying this is that controlling thoughts and behaviors is one… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Researchers have applied diverse methods to examine the connection between thinking and self-control. Some have addressed it by asking the correlation question:… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Memorizing and repeating digits loosens the hold of System 2 on behavior, but of course cognitive load is not the only cause… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“The children were watched through a one-way mirror, and the film that shows their behavior during the waiting time always has the… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social… — 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
