I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.

Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.

Knowing the importance of luck, you should be particularly suspicious when highly consistent patterns emerge from the comparison of successful and less successful firms. In the presence of randomness, regular patterns can only be mirages.

There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.

The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.

Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're very likely to be wrong.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.