Which is why small focussed teams often give out better results (in terms of individual contribution) than large ones. So often in business, there is the sense that having invested so much, it would be wrong to stop now. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. The book was in the top ten of Germany's Der Spiegel Bestseller list [1] for 80 consecutive weeks and has been translated into many languages.

Examples of these concepts include: Reciprocity, Confirmation Bias, The It-Gets-Better-Before-It-Gets-Worse Trap, and the Man-With-A-Hammer Tendency. Sentence-Summary: The Art of Thinking Clearly is a full compendium of the psychological biases that once helped us survive but now only hinder us from living our best life. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. That’s why I said earlier it can help you make fewer bad decisions and more good ones providing you do more than just read it. And this also partially explains the "not invented here" syndrome, where companies prefer their internal, home-spun solutions, simply because they took part in building them, and not because those solutions are actually better than the alternatives.When he killed an animal too large to eat in one day, he would share the meat with others in his group. It’s clear, judging from the number of times he quotes from or references Thinking, Fast and Slow, that he has been heavily influenced by the work of Daniel Kahneman. What are the consequences of this for the socio-cultural practice, discipline and discourse of philosophy and the doing of philosophy or philosophizing? Because of his rigorous scientific analysis combined with his shattering philosophical approach, he is never satisfied with the superficial. Lots of the data in the book is incorrect, and gladly we have math and science to back us up on this.

Dobelli examines our most common decision-making failings with engaging eloquence and describes how to counter them with instructive good sense.This is a book that can change the way to think and let perceive things around you in a whole new light. For example, women wearing makeup, or a rich person driving a fancy sports care, or a contractor promising a short timeline just to get the deal signed. And honestly, some of the anecdotes seem off, which makes me doubt the author really knows what he's talking about (to some extent).

Though he is a friend of Taleb's, don't believe the hype that this is a "business" or investing book-- its examples and applications range much farther than that universe, down to our daily unconscious choices and patterns. There's also the strange section of "A Note on Sources" that neither Dobelli nor his editor and agent bother to weave into the chapters as properly written end notes.

The social proof chapter in The Art of Thinking Clearly helped me to understand how chasing likes instead of creating your own style is actually detrimental to your work. When approached in the supermarket, with an offer of a taste of wine, a chunk of cheese or a handful of olives, Dobelli advises to refuse the offer. Here's an example where this sort of thing can cause problems in real life: cancer is often grouped into different stages (e.

It is a tendency to interpret new information so that it becomes compatible with our existing theories. A lot of the self-improvement media I consume is in easier-to-digest formats than books; mainly blog posts and podcasts. The book opens your mind to adopt ways of thinking clearly after realising the biasedness of most thinking patterns based upon your upbringing, your social or family environment and culture. Calamity of Conformity - If you ever find yourself in a tight unanimous group, you must speak your mind, even if your team does not like it, even if it means risking expulsion from the warm nest.The Art of Thinking Clearly can help you make better decisions in countless aspects of your life, every single day, whatever it is you do. If you hear about a car crash and recently there was also a report about drunk drivers, you’ll conclude that the new event was also caused by irresponsible drinking. For some, the perfect time to sit back and wonder how everything that could go wrong through the week, did go wrong. Even if we don’t immediately see them, there are always a lot of factors involved in any given situation.