From Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People. The Only Way to Get the Best of an Argument is to Avoid it. Carnegie attended a party. During dinner, a man told him a funny story with a quote. The man said the quote came from the Bible. Carnegie told the man...
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Be careful not to over appraise someone due to the Halo Effect
From Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, Fast and Slow" Be careful not to over appraise or under appraise someone due to the Halo Effect. If you like someone, you will probably over appraise them. If you hate someone, you probably dislike them more than they deserve. This is...
How to conduct an interview with less bias
From Daniel Kahnehman "Thinking, fast and slow" If you are interviewing someone for a job, you probably will over weigh your personal impressions from the interview and under weigh the facts about the candidate. This is bad because the Halo Effect affects your...
Be careful when looking at results because you must factor in Regression to the Mean.
From Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, fast and slow" What is Regression to the Mean? Outcomes are a combination of skill and luck. If someone performs unusually well, it was due to luck. So next time they perform, they will do a lot worse. If someone performs unusually bad,...
Principle 1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
From Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Principle 1: Don't Criticize, Condemn, or Complain. "Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it...
Principle 2: Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.
From Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Principle 2: Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation The deepest human urge is the desire to feel important. "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." (p. 42) Andrew Carnegie...
Principle 3: Arouse in the other person an eager want.
From Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People. Principle 3: Arouse in the Other Person an Eager Want. "Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else...
Become genuinely interested in other people.
From Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People. Become genuinely interested in other people. "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." (p. 78)...
Beware of Base Rate Neglect!
From Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, fast and slow" Beware of of Base Rate Neglect! When people make a prediction of something, they underweight Base Rates or even neglect them. This is an illusion called Base Rate Neglect. "There are two ideas to keep in mind about...
When can you trust Intuition?
From Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, fast and slow" Some people claim to have great intuition. Should you trust their intuition? What is Intuition and When Can You Trust it? First of all, what is intuition? Is it mysterious? Is it magic? No. Intuition is simply information...