Book: Beat procrastination! How to stop delay things for tomorrow

Dogma, or undeniable truths, are a common source of bias. If you are convinced, try to admit that, perhaps, this is not true. If this is allowed, for example, Adolf Hitler or Anders Breivik, their actions wouldn't have gone this far.

If you want to succeed, double the number of its failures.

Do not Express opinions on matters in which you have little knowledge. Don't have to have all my point of view. Better admit you don't know and you have no point of view on this issue.

Comfort zone the crowd - the place where evil is born. We are talking about the phenomenon when a person does the same as the rest. He doesn't want to face social pressure and lose the feeling of comfort, which inevitably would have happened if he'd stood out from the "herd". People, therefore, are not evil in themselves, they are just not able to resist the crowd or to Express an opinion contrary to the majority opinion.

If we do nothing, then often regret it. Because of regrets, doubts in their abilities. Doubt reduce our self-confidence, causing feelings of helplessness. But for the latter, we again do nothing. The circle is closed.

Research by Martin Seligman revealed that several of the negative impulses can convince us that everything is bad and there's nothing you can do about it. Because of this belief we possessed a sense of helplessness, which can lead to depression and life resignatio. In one of these studies in the box put a rodent (imagine, for example, hamster) and then closed it with a transparent cover. The hamster tried to get out of the box. The first day he was jumped, but hit his head on the transparent cover. The next day, his activity is markedly decreased.
After a couple of days the hamster was abandoned any attempts to escape. The researchers then lifted the lid, but the hamster did not even try to escape. A few setbacks convinced him that the chances of success there. This confidence remained with him and after conditions change. The state faced a hamster, called learned helplessness, he can meet us.