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Albert Bernstein

Why Bad Things Happen to Good Decisions

Good decisions don’t always have a good outcome, just as bad decisions don’t always have bad outcomes. Sometimes bad outcomes happen to good decisions. And sometimes good things happen to …

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Albert Bernstein on the Dinosaur Brain and How To Make Bad Decisions

I enjoyed reading Dinosaur Brains: Dealing with All Those Impossible People at Work by Albert Bernstein. Near the end of the book, Bernstein playfully illuminates how too many decisions get made. Take …

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