many studies point to a close connection between the parts of our brain that make assessments of chance situations and those that handle the human characteristic that is often considered our prime source of irrationality—our emotions.
“People with neurotic lifestyles tend to sprinkle their speech with such words as ‘everyone’ and ‘always’ and ‘everything’.”
― The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
― The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
“Several studies of thousands of British civil servants (the Whitehall studies) have found that workers who have little control over their jobs—meaning they have minimal say over what tasks are performed or how those tasks are carried out—have a significantly higher mortality rate than other workers in the civil service with more decision-making authority.”
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
“co-workers. This discrimination also”
― Introduction to Psychology
― Introduction to Psychology
“If people could read the same books, they would inhabit the same world.”
― The Books of Jacob
― The Books of Jacob
“He who sees the past as surprise-free is bound to have a future full of surprises.”
― The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World
― The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World
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