To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.

The extra daily social time of 1.7 hours in weekends raises average happiness by about 2%.

We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if the story were true.

We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.

Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others' trust in that individual's gut.

Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.