The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich.

It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health; they also want to know whether researchers can validate subjective responses with physiological indices.

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

The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow.

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.

An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.