HOW TO BECOME AN EXPERT

FreeImages.com/abcdz2000 HARD IS GOOD, EASY IS BAD In my opinion, one of the most valid heuristics in life is: “hard is good, easy is bad” – great ‘entities’ are time honored; and becoming an expert is not an exception. Benjamin Bloom, (one of the pioneers of the psychology of expert...

FALLIBILITY OF YOUR RISK ASSESSMENT

FreeImages.com/thomas gray When it comes to risk assessment, it turns out that our rationality is often compromised – seriously. This formula (attributed to Peter Sandman): Risk = Hazard + Outrage will expose most (if not all) of our risk irrationality. Research prior the 80s (I think) found...

SMART OPTIMISM

FreeImages.com/Cara James Let’s consider this epigram “prepared for failure, ready for success” It could sound mundane but it’s an extremely powerful philosophy which most of us jettison while we plan. I will like to shorten the epigram as ‘Smart Optimism’ Going through life I have constantly...