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To win debates, set the frame
Winning a debate isn’t about better arguments—it’s about controlling how the debate is framed.
Breaking free from cognitive distortions
Unmask and challenge the thought traps that hold you back from emotional freedom.
Disappointment equals expectation minus reality
Techniques for managing disappointment and developing a more resilient mindset.
The dangers of thinking in black-and-white
Breaking free from all-or-nothing thinking to see the gray areas in life.
Question your unhelpful thoughts: Loving What Is
Identify, challenge, and replace your negative thoughts with more positive and functional ones.
Testing your stories: The importance of evidence
Make sure your stories are based on facts.
Inattentional blindness: Why we sometimes overlook the unexpected
When we focus on something else, we may overlook unexpected objects.
WYSIATI bias: What You See Is All There Is
We tend to base judgements and decisions solely on the information available.
The peak-end rule: The remembering self trumps the experiencing self
We tend to judge past experiences mainly based on how we felt at the emotional peak and the end.
The power of mindsets and how to change them
Mindsets shape how we make sense of ourselves and the world.
The sunk cost fallacy: Breaking free from the grip of irrecoverable past investments
We tend to let irrecoverable past investments influence our decisions, resulting in suboptimal outcomes.
Truth bias: The dangers of uncritically taking information at face value
We tend to assume that others are telling the truth unless we have reason to doubt them.
The fundamental attribution error: Underestimating the power of circumstances
When explaining the behaviour of others, we tend to overestimate the role of personality traits and underestimate the role of environmental influences.
Present bias: The present self trumps the future self
We tend to prefer immediate rewards at the expense of future rewards.
ACT: the path to a fulfilling and meaningful life
Accept your painful thoughts and feelings, be in the present moment and take values-based action.
Biases: why you are not as rational as you like to think
Because of our cognitive biases we tend to make systematic errors in our thinking.
The framing effect: how language shapes your perception of reality
Our judgements, decisions and moral feelings are not based on reality, but on how reality is framed.
Loss aversion: taming the fear of loss for smarter decisions
We tend to be more driven to avoid losses than to achieve gains.
Optimism bias: navigating the pitfalls of unrealistic optimism
Optimism bias can cause us to make decisions based on unrealistically optimistic expectations.
Hindsight bias: Why we think we knew it all along
It is difficult for our minds to reconstruct our previous beliefs.