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The self-serving bias is a concept that has been extensively studied in social psychology. Essentially, it is people’s tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors. It’s a common type of cognitive
A few days ago, I watched a couple of workers put down a sidewalk just outside my office window. They poured in concrete, and carefully leveled the surface until it was perfectly smooth. And then, much to my surprise, they
A unexpected lesson in leadership from the hip-hop (rap) culture. Really! Merge explains.
I was recently having a discussion with a client about risk-taking, and I was reminded of an old Indian folklore story my mom told me many years ago. It was about a farmer who was asked whether he planted wheat
A couple of years ago, I wrote a short series on decision-making here on the blog, and I was reminded of that recently when I read the following quote about worrying: “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you