book of a list of heuristics to approach situations
there were so many anecdotes of students of dr richard zeckhauser using these maxims it felt salesy at times
short read, very covid focused – black swan events and hindsight bias prevails throughout
however if you do have any important decisions coming up that weigh on you, you should very much filter it through these maxims
hard to remember to use maxims consistently until/if they become habitual
my favorite maxims:
weight errors of commission and omission equally
the shape of regret in our minds vs reality – what actually happened
reframe anticipation as happiness
looking forward to something is enjoyable – often we want then to be now, but we can learn to appreciate the then now too
uncertainty is the friend of the status quo&
dont judge your decisions on results
we want things to stay as they are in the bounds of reasonability
we judge ourselves on our best intentions as opposed to the facts of the matter
these two work together for some weird scenarios like adding features to a product just to feel like you’re doing anything at all so we can look back and say we tried