Acquisition of skills requires a regular environment, an adequate opportunity to practice, and rapid and unequivocal feedback about the correctness of thoughts and actions.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations.

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.

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.

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.

Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others' trust in that individual's gut.