Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.

Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long; that means that, you know, in a life there are about 600 million of them; in a month, there are about 600,000 - most of them don't leave a trace.

When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.

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

The planning fallacy is that you make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume that the outcome will follow your plan, even when you should know better.

Individual investors predictably flock to stocks in companies that are in the news.

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.