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“Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.”
― Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
― Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
“A reliable way of making people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance.”
― The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
― The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
“We all want explanations for why we behave as we do and for the ways the world around us functions. Even when our feeble explanations have little to do with reality. We’re storytelling creatures by nature, and we tell ourselves story after story until we come up with an explanation that we like and that sounds reasonable enough to believe. And when the story portrays us in a more glowing and positive light, so much the better.”
― The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
― The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
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