Psychology

Eurovision, King Dollar, Bitcoin, and Other Victims of Popularity

To be honest, I have never watched the Eurovision Song Contest. For our readers living outside Europe, I can explain that...
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Squid Games, Gamification, and Destruction of Social Foundations

So I finally had time to watch the squid games. I don’t like binging (it’s a bit of time waste), but...
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Horrible Mistake I Made by Emotional Investing

I broke the rule and ended up with financial losses. I started investing in 2017 and then I learned about this...
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Cognitive Biases? What Are They And 6 Practical Ways For Startups To A...

Much has been written about cognitive biases — below is a particularly good diagram by Jeff Desjardins summarizing some of the...
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A World of Tradeoffs: Consider your Opportunity Costs

I didn’t expect to remember much from the Economics courses I took in university when I started my first job in...
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How “Imposter Syndrome” is killing your innovation and how to figh...

As persons, professionals, and organisations we fear impostor syndrome too much. Both towards others and ourselves. We live in a world...
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Technology Addiction — Is it real?

The notification bell rings. You get the urge to check it. You took your phone and checked it. “Wow…One more like...
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Robots and the Revolutionary Loneliness Solution

The lack of human interaction may find the solution in a robotics laboratory. “Friendship needs no words — it is solitude delivered from...
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Why Most People Lose Money Day-Trading (And How to Not Be One of Them)

Day-trading is hard, and most people lose money at it. I definitely have. In fact, I once lost more money in...
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Body Language Decoded — Does This Really Work?

Have you seen those crazy videos? The ones that decode people’s body language while they are being interviewed. The experts call...
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Collective Consciousness- An Innate Retort

Every individual is born with a particular realm of consciousness and beliefs. Even though within a given society, we may all...
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How not to be dumb money

Why believe a title that says I’d know how to tell dumb from smart money? Because I’ve been both and learned...
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