The Psychology of Mistakes: How to Fix Lazy Thinking

The biggest thing screwing us over is ourselves. Examining the psychology of mistakes we find 7 common paths of lazy thinking where the brain takes shortcuts and causes more problems than it solves.
Human behavior is a fascinating riddle and host Sam Webster Harris discusses what causes our psychological paths of least resistance. Learn how we can build more awareness in our decisions and increase the wisdom of our choices and actions. To achieve greater personal success we have to stop blaming others and seek out our own flaws with fascination and honesty.
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Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvement
Episode: The Psychology of Mistakes: How to Fix Lazy Thinking - Diagnosing the 7 psychological paths of least resistance
Chapters
00:00 Benefits of thinking hard thoughts
00:54 Why we optimize for the wrong things
02:51 7 biggest Psychological flaws
02:56 1st - Elimination of doubt
05:54 2nd - Single cause explanation to complex events 
08:15 3rd - Justifying our own actions whilst judging the actions of others
11:09 Morgan Housel - we are blind to the vast majority of what people are thinking
13:30 4th - Believe others see what we see
17:16 ADVERT - LinkedIn Jobs
18:29 5th - The desire to prioritize stories over statistics
21:14 6th - Outsourcing our hard decisions
24:37 7th - Naive Overconfidence
26:55 Annie Duke - Thinking of bets 
28:56 Accepting reality and probabilities
30:09 Outro

Topics
Psychology of mistakes
Why do we make errors
Psychological fallacies
Lazy thinking
Psychological paths of least resistance
Stoicism
Societal norms
Ownership of mistakes
Prioritizing commitments
Growth mindset
Psychology of Success
Business strategy
Life strategy
Human potential
Embracing failure
Mental toughness
Vipassana meditation
Self-improvement
Personal development
Success Strategies
Motivation and inspiration
Goal setting and achievement
Overcoming challenges
Positive affirmations
Visualization techniques
Continuous learning
Self-awareness and self-discovery
Positive mindset
Emotional intelligence
Perseverance and determination
Transformative life journeys
Achieving greatness
Harnessing inner strength

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