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May 7, 2024

Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases (common thinking errors) to Avoid

Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases (common thinking errors) to Avoid

Build self-awareness and recognise the mind traps we easily fall into every day.

Build self-awareness and recognise the mind traps we easily fall into every day.

We examine 9 different cognitive biases related to Ego and how we can spot them.

Learn:

  • When our ego serves us or sabotages us
  • Why we fall in love for the wrong reasons
  • How our bias to perceive ambiguity as hostility almost triggered a Nuclear war


From panicking over getting some ketchup on our trousers to explosive road rage, cognitive biases can give us an answer.

Learning how to recognise our own biases can lead to a much calmer, kinder and more successful life.

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📕 Recommended Books

These books are full of brilliant insights and mental models to help you become a more rational thinker.

🏎️ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

🧘‍♀️ The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

🧠 Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCain

🪐 The Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Dr. Steven Novella


Growth Mindset pod

Sam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.


Chapters

00:00 Spotlight Effect

02:25 Dunning Kruger Effect

04:41 Status Quo Bias

06:33 Curse of Knowledge

08:44 Cognitive Dissonance

10:57 The Halo Effect

14:35 Fundamental Attribution Error

16:43 Actor-Observer Bias

18:03 Self-Serving Bias

20:29 Hostile Attribution Bias

24:17 Note 1 - Don't blame other's behaviours on character

24:57 Note 2 - Don't get lost in your own world

27:56 Note 3 - Biases exist for a reason

29:07 Note 4 - Don't get easily offended

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