Pshychology Quotes

“The vast majority of people are unthinking prejudice machines.”
― Stefan Molyneux

“The reality of life does not change who you are, it only changes your perspective.”
― Morgan Chabane

“Most importantly, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“Along with saying no, the easiest thing you can do to become more influential is just ask. Ask more often, ask more directly, and ask for more. People who ask for what they want get better grades, more raises and promotions, and bigger job opportunities and even more orgasm. This might seem obvious but apparently it isn't.

Most people do not realize how often they are not asking until they start asking more often. Whenever our MBA course ends and students share the biggest thing they have learned - after we have done so much together - the most common answer is “just ask”. The full realization comes from practice. What if you’re not sure how to ask? Just ask the other person. Seriously. One of the simplest and most surprising influence hacks is that if you ask people how to influence them, they will often tell you.

Most of us are reluctant to ask because we fundamentally misunderstand the psychology of asking and we underestimate our likelihood of success. In one series of experiments, employees were more likely to turn in mediocre work than to ask for deadline extension, fearing their supervisor, would think them incompetent if they asked for extra time. But they had it backward: Managers saw extension requests as a good sign of capability and motivation. Pg 64, 65”
― Zoe Chance, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen

“We unnecessarily give too much importance to the tools and systems and rule. Forgetting that people make rules, Rules should not make people. I almost scoff at people when someone says,"It can't be done". All i would like to say that, "Sir, Please say "I do not know how to do it" or Say "I do not want to do it".”
― Chinmay Panda

“Egy pszichológiai témájú szövegben olvastam az egyetem alatt. Az agy a boldog időszakokat a közelmúltbeli események közé sorolja be. A szörnyű emlékeket viszont hátrasorolja, ezért elfelejtődnek vagy nem lesznek hozzáférhetőek. Ez egy bizonyos védekezési mechanizmus.”
― J.D. Barker

“We carry our envy amplification device around in our pockets, we sleep with it next to our pillows, and it tempts us 24 hours a day, the moment we wake up, even if it is the middle of the night.”
― Rachel Andrew