Psychology and behavioral economics

Close calls and near misses are common terms for bad things that almost - but didn’t - happen. 

“Madness is the exception in individuals but the rule in groups.”

(Nietzsche) 

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."

John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (1908-2006)

If not, it doesn't mean you are smart.  Remember...

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."

John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (1908-2006)

Which approach seems right to you? How do you maintain a balance?

Moderation (or centrism in the political world) is best defined as a slavish devotion to the status quo.

“Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." 

 Clay Shirky

It happens at least once a week: a patient who equates natural with beneficial. 

A wonderful thing, imagination, with the vast possibilities it allows. 

Nana Cindy, Bumpa Pooh and (Princess) Phoebe were enjoying a wonderful pretend picnic in her bedroom. Phoebe was describing in sometimes startling detail the preparations for the picnic when she started pantomiming, pouring a liquid on her hands, rubbing her palms together, and then applying it to her doll. We asked if she was using sunscreen, and she paused and looked thoughtful while she considered the question.

“No,” she said. “Moonscreen.”

We’ve all been there, facing a problem so large or complex it seems insoluble. Fortunately, insoluble problems are solved with great regularity. If that weren’t true, we’d still be living in caves and eating only what we could catch or pick.

What can we do to increase our chances of solving the big problems in our lives and workplaces? Here are three suggestions.