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Podcast: The Motivated Mind
Episode: 7 Cognitive Biases You Were Never Taught
Description: I have both good and bad news. The good news is that your life differs from your perceptions. Unfortunately, that's also the bad news. Renowned psychologist Daniel Kahneman said, "The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct." The tools shaping our reality, encompassing experiences, hopes, desires, and fears, simultaneously hinder us from perceiving an objective reality. It might be challenging to accept that our reality is entirely subjective. In this episode, I delve into seven cognitive biases...