Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification.

Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie.

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that.

This is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.

When you are under time pressure for a decision, you need to follow intuition.

There is general agreement among researchers that nearly all stock pickers, whether they know it or not-and few of them do-are playing a game of chance.