It was Friday and yet again, Roger, the security guard, watched with suspicion as Andrew left the worksite with his empty wheelbarrow. Andrew worked in a pulp and paper mill as a welder. Every Friday he would leave the pulp and paper mill pushing his empty wheelbarrow with an empty sack over it.
Loved this post Neera, such a clever blend of a story about biases (‘you had me at wheelbarrow’) before the examples. And the fundamental attribution bias is absolutely top of my list for insidiousness.
I’m also very excited about your newly discovered ‘non-goals’ approach because I’ve always hated the way it makes me feel - that I’ve built my own mountain which I don’t want to climb. Look forward to hearing about the ‘atomic course’ - sounds like it will blow up my brain!
I too have "non goals". Instead of goals I think of my habits and behaviors that have worked well and strive to continue those. Then I think of habits and behaviors I want to cultivate more of and I name small daily things to do that creates those habits.
#132: The influence of cognitive biases
Loved this post Neera, such a clever blend of a story about biases (‘you had me at wheelbarrow’) before the examples. And the fundamental attribution bias is absolutely top of my list for insidiousness.
I’m also very excited about your newly discovered ‘non-goals’ approach because I’ve always hated the way it makes me feel - that I’ve built my own mountain which I don’t want to climb. Look forward to hearing about the ‘atomic course’ - sounds like it will blow up my brain!
I too have "non goals". Instead of goals I think of my habits and behaviors that have worked well and strive to continue those. Then I think of habits and behaviors I want to cultivate more of and I name small daily things to do that creates those habits.
Loved this post!! Thanks again!