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🧼 Good decisions require good “decision hygiene”. Daniel Kahneman emphasized “decision hygiene”: using structured methods that prevent errors, even when you don’t know what mistakes you’re avoiding. One tip is to assess each important quality of an option before making your judgment. 🤝 Negotiation works best as collaboration. Raffi Grinberg suggests moving away from a win-lose mindset. You’ll get better results by asking how both sides can benefit and starting the conversation with clear intentions. 🎯 Success stories can mislead you. Elspeth Kirkman highlights survivorship bias: focusing on winners while ignoring failures. To get real insight, always ask what you’re not seeing. 💔 Blame ruins relationships. David Burns found that blame strongly predicts dissatisfaction. Taking responsibility and dropping defensiveness is often the first step to healing relationships. 📈 Consistency beats emotion in investing. Jim O’Shaughnessy says the biggest threat to good investing is fear and gr
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