Tag: Mindset and Motivation

Clustering Illusion

The clustering illusion occurs when people incorrectly perceive random events as having meaningful patterns. This cognitive bias stems from the brain’s propensity to search for regularities and correlations, which can be advantageous in environments where actual patterns exist. However, in random sequences, this tendency leads to the erroneous detection of clusters. Financial Decisions: Investors might […]

Blue dot effect

We all make many of judgments every day. Our decision making and assessments are not based on any hard and fast rules. Most of them are instinctive based on some subconscious triggers. Researchers at Harvard University conducted an experiment asking participants to identify “Blue” Dots from a series of a thousand Dots ranging in colour […]

Hard and right decisions age well

Taking hard and right decisions age like a fine classic wine because they might be unpopular and outcasted in the moment but in the long run they are the ones that are valued and adored in the long run. Easy and popular decisions that gives immediate pleasure may look good at the moment but may […]

Hopeless Optimism and Hopeful Pessimism

Hopeless optimism may not always give you the right results and most probably you may be disappointed and heartbroken. Because when you feel hopeless, you rely more on others and external factors to take care of your satiation. You may also believe that you have no personal agency. So, you do not invest time in […]