When you are under time pressure for a decision, you need to follow intuition.
Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.
I'm not a great believer in self-help.
We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
People's mood is really determined primarily by their genetic make-up and personality, and in the second place by their immediate context, and only in the third and fourth place by worries and concerns and other things like that.
In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.