We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don't know we're doing it.

You should not take your intuitions at face value.

We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.

My interest in well-being evolved from my interest in decision making - from raising the question of whether people know what they will want in the future and whether the things that people want for themselves will make them happy.

The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.

I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by making a list and then sleeping on it.

A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.