Decision-making is mostly self-defense against our own brain’s shortcuts.
It takes guts to spotlight the emotional, biological, and ego landmines hiding in every choice. Real progress starts when we swap wishful thinking for rules that work.
📌 True wisdom isn’t avoiding mistakes — it’s building systems that make mistakes less likely.
⬖ Celebrating practical humility at Frequency of Reason: bit.ly/4jTVv69
This is one of my fav books - thank you for writing this summary! I really started noticing my ego (how I see myself) ever since reading this book
I'm glad that it resonated!
I bet the more we read and remind ourselves about these "defaults", the easier it is to reduce their influence.
Decision-making is mostly self-defense against our own brain’s shortcuts.
It takes guts to spotlight the emotional, biological, and ego landmines hiding in every choice. Real progress starts when we swap wishful thinking for rules that work.
📌 True wisdom isn’t avoiding mistakes — it’s building systems that make mistakes less likely.
⬖ Celebrating practical humility at Frequency of Reason: bit.ly/4jTVv69