When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.

There are some conditions where you have to trust your intuition.

When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.

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.

Mental effort, I would argue, is relatively rare. Most of the time we coast.

Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're very likely to be wrong.

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