Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Doubts are suppressed by groups... But remember that the internal incentives that shape how the group perceives risks and rewards may be… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
What happens with fear is that probability doesn't matter very much. That is, once I have raised the possibility that something terrible… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing. — 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
An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Experts don't know exactly where the boundaries of their expertise are. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
