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Mind Hacks 5 - Honesty and Our Habits
Yesterday, I saw a movie called The Whale. It focuses on a man who compulsively overeats (with a fine performance by Brendan Fraser). Because I have…
Gary Gagliardi
Feb 2
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January 2023
Mind Hacks 4 - Breaking Bad Habits
So far, we have discussed how our mental models work, the strategies based on how habits are formed, and a “know your enemy” article about how lazy our…
Gary Gagliardi
Jan 27
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Mind Hacks 3 - Forming Habits and the Lazy Brain
In the previous article in this series, we discussed an example of forming the powerful strategic habit of better listening, and we used it to…
Gary Gagliardi
Jan 19
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Mind Hacks 2 - New Year's Resolutions and Forming Habits
‘Tis the season to make resolutions. It seems like a fun time to write about habits and how they can work for us and against us. In the last article, we…
Gary Gagliardi
Jan 11
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Mind Hacks 1 -Mental Models and Recognition-Primed Decisions
Much of good strategy relies upon mental models of reality. As we think through our expectations resulting from any strategic move, we are running…
Gary Gagliardi
Jan 6
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December 2022
Collective Illusions - Part 2 - Causes and Cures
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” Napoleon Bonaparte In the first article on collective illusions, we defined the…
Gary Gagliardi
Dec 29, 2022
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Collective Illusions - Part 1 - Important Illusions
To improve our positions in the minds of others we must find shared values. One of the problems in doing this is that there is a measurable difference…
Gary Gagliardi
Dec 26, 2022
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Excuses - Part 2 - What Works Better than Excuses
Good strategy focuses on improving our positions in the minds of others. Over time, we want to improve the opinions that others have of us. We want to…
Gary Gagliardi
Dec 14, 2022
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Excuses -- Part One -- Those We Give Ourselves
In an earlier article, we discussed how giving up the power of control in decision-making can be a useful strategy. However, giving up control is not…
Gary Gagliardi
Dec 10, 2022
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Subverting Our Need for Accomplishment
A false sense of accomplishment is not a new problem. A century ago, some wasted their precious time reading romance and mystery novels. After that, it…
Gary Gagliardi
Dec 3, 2022
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November 2022
Gratitude or Regret
Many people choose to dwell on their failures. This leads to unnecessary worrying, regret, shame, and stress. Morris Pratt I can see it in the looking…
Gary Gagliardi
Nov 25, 2022
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Emotions -- Part 5 -- Having Fun
We learn how to use both our desire to win and our empathy for those around us playing games as children. Games and having fun are the basis for all…
Gary Gagliardi
Nov 17, 2022
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