Smooth The Path
APRIL 2, 2017
Would you say you are luckier or unluckier than most people? Many of us would say we are somewhat unluckier than most other people and this is a cognitive bias. Professors Tom Gilovich and Shai Davidai recently published a paper about this called The Headwinds/ Tailwinds Asymmetry which I discovered through the Freakonomics Radio Podcast (this is a remarkable episode, and it’s worth the quick half-hour listen).
SCD Group
APRIL 2, 2017
The other day, I made a 6:45 p.m. reservation at a busy restaurant. While I parked the car, my friends and my wife went inside and were told there was no reservation under my name. They were given a pager and told “they would work to get us in.” When I arrived and learned what happened, I was frustrated but not angry. I went to the front desk and said, “I called earlier today, was given a 6:45 reservation and the receptionist asked for my name and phone number.
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