Finding a purpose might be a wrong path to take to get a purpose. A better one would be to cultivate it.
Published on Aug 11, 2021
Mind greatly prefers any Coherent story over uncertainty. It will choose a explanation it deems likely over saying "I don't know".
Published on Aug 11, 2021
When you have a strong emotion(eg. Shame), it can take over your rational thinking process. The thinking process will be co-opted to think up reasons to feel the emotions(eg. I'm feeling shame because I failed in my exams when I was a child) - its looking for some coherent explaination - not the truth.
Published on Aug 11, 2021
Know the list of areas that you will generally be biased in(eg. I have a tendency to have a positive bias) - so that you can be more mindful in those areas - or even figure out ways to limit your choices in those areas.
Published on Aug 06, 2021
People tend to think that events could have been easily predictable AFTER the outcome is clear. The certainty that people attribute to their predictions are much higher that it actually is.
Published on Aug 06, 2021
We have to embrace uncertainty. We have been taught that "I don't know" as a bad state of mind. But in most case it is an accurate model of the world. The more accurate our maps are, the better our decision making.
Published on Aug 06, 2021
Self-Serving bias is a cognitive process to maintain a favorable perception of oneself. We tend to associate our good outcomes to our actions - but bad outcomes we attribute it to external factors. Eg. I got a 90% is maths because I studied hard - but I got a 20% in english because my teacher hates me.
Published on Aug 06, 2021