The Art of Thinking Clearly
The Art of Thinking Clearly by world-class thinker and entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli is an eye-opening look at human psychology and reasoning — essential reading for anyone who wants to avoid “cognitive errors” and make better choices in all aspects of their lives.
Have you ever: Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn’t worth it? Or continued doing something you knew was bad for you? These are examples of cognitive biases, simple errors we all make in our day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to spot them, we can avoid them and make better decisions.
Simple, clear, and always surprising, this indispensable book will change the way you think and transform your decision-making—work, at home, every day. It reveals, in 99 short chapters, the most common errors of judgment, and how to avoid them.
Rolf Dobelli's The Art of Thinking Clearly explores common errors in thinking (cognitive biases) that lead to bad decisions. The book offers 99 short chapters explaining these biases and how to avoid them, ultimately helping readers make better choices in all aspects of life. It doesn't promise happiness, but rather a way to avoid "self-induced unhappiness" by improving decision-making through understanding and recognizing these flawed thought patterns.