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.
Daniel KahnemanPeople talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure.
Daniel KahnemanIf you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.
Daniel KahnemanEvery night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well...Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier. The odds are that you will be less depressed, happier, and addicted to this exercise six months from now.
Daniel Kahneman