Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.
When you are under time pressure for a decision, you need to follow intuition.
We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
If there was one ubiquitous recommendation about marriage it was this: "Don't go to bed angry."
There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.
In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.