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Embrace Failure to Think Better
Why do some people wilt when faced with setbacks? Why do others thrive in the same circumstances? Imagine you’re given a puzzle to solve in a certain time. It’s not too hard. But it does challenge you....
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Your Inner “Press Secretary” is Delusional?
We listen to the President’s Press Secretary with skepticism. We’re skeptical because we know the Press Secretary’s job is to justify the President’s policies and decisions. The Press Secretary, no...
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Practice Makes Permanent, Not Perfect
Three assumptions misguide our practice in all facets of our personal and professional lives. 1. Practice makes perfect. No, practice makes permanent. Practice can be wasteful and unproductive unless...
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How Do You Make Meaning?
When you want to convince someone, you can make an argument or you can tell a story. Which path do you choose? If you argue, you focus on logic, truth, coherence. If you tell a story, on the other...
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Your Baloney Detection Kit
The late Carl Sagan brought us many lasting intellectual treasures, among them an inspiring blend of enthusiasm, imagination, and knowledge about our cosmos. A lesser known, but still immensely...
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Slow Down: Waiting Works Better for Decisions
We decide too fast. We should take more time to think through the timing of our decisions. We should pause when faced with what seem like pressing, urgent questions. Indeed, the most pressing questions...
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Balance the Swing of Your Legal Thinking
Simplifying the vast, burgeoning literature of cognitive science risks violating the very lessons this promising field inspires: be skeptical of your rationality; be wary of your gut instincts; be...
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Mastering Disaster—The “Damage Control” Mindset
Whether personal, economic or legal, any kind of crisis strains our brains. Our thinking is wrecked, our emotions frazzled. Panic sets in. Among the worst are those crises that threaten our credibility...
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Make Better Decisions: “WRAP” Your Mind Around the Problem
The Heath brothers – those prolific scientist-authors whose handy acronyms help us live better – are at it again. Their latest book, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, helps us...
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The Art of Losing for Lawyers
How to deal with life’s inevitable setbacks? How can we be mindful of our mistakes, grow our intelligence, and adapt? How can we practice the art of losing as a path to flourishing in our legal...
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The Art of Losing For Lawyers
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett 1. A Lawyer Blunders Some twenty years ago, a feckless young lawyer nearly lost his first client. The lawyer...
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Freakish Thinking: The Beginner’s Mind
In their latest book on bettering your brain, Think Like a Freak, authors Levitt and Dunbar distill from cognitive science various morsels of wisdom on how to think more rationally and creatively....
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