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The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People

Posted by Raj Bapna

Here is an important article by Dan Ariely
(author of the book “Predictably Irrational”)

It exposes major mistakes we all make, including me and you.

Once we become aware of these habits, we stand a chance to overcome them.

Here is the 6th Habit

6) Overoptimism. Everyone, except for the very depressed, overestimates their chances when it comes to good things like getting a raise, not getting a divorce, parking illegally without getting a ticket. It’s natural—no one gets married thinking “I am so going to be divorced in 4 years”, and yet a large number of people end up getting divorced. Like other bad habits, overoptimism is not all bad. It helps us take risks like opening a business (even though the vast majority fail) or working to develop new medicines (which take many years and usually don’t pan out). Ironically overoptimism often tends to work out well for society (new restaurants, cures for disease) while endangering the individuals who take them (financial ruin, stress-induced insanity). Sadly we are often overoptimistic – my most recent example of this was just a few hours ago when I sat down to write an essay entitled: “The 7 Habits Of Highly Ineffective People.” If I only didn’t go out last night…..

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Read the full article here:

http://danariely.com/2010/06/14/the-7-habits-of-highly-ineffective-people/

Be more effective,

Raj

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