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

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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