Difference Between Instinct and Intuition in Decisions
Often, I’m asked about the difference between instinct and intuition. Part of what makes the question hard is gender bias. Men prefer... Read More
How Intuition Influences Thought Processes All The Time
Posted on26 Jul 2010
Tagscognition, emotions, feelings, Influence, intuition, restaurant, subconscious, thinking process, Thoughts, compass intution analogy
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Intuition influences thought processes all the time. Many times people just don’t know it. As behavioral economics and other social-related sciences are... Read More
Shopping for Rationales to Justify Wants and Desires
Posted on14 Jul 2010
Tagsapproaches, cognition, decisions, desire, emotions, intuition, justification, knowledge, Personality, problem solving, rationale, subconscious, want
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Virtually all of our decisions are emotionally based. Therefore, as we saw in my previous posting, Decisions: Roles of Intuition and Cognition,... Read More
Knowledge is Power, Not!
Posted on02 Jul 2010
Tagsmotivation, emotional triggers, use, thinking process, Starship Troopers, seminars, Robert Heinlein, power, learn, knowledge, inertia, improvement, cognition, action
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In Robert Heinlein’s science fiction book, Starship Troopers, the instructor, Mr. Dubois says, “One can lead a child to knowledge but one... Read More
Remembering and Using Names to Build Morale and Influence
The way people look at things is greatly influenced by how they feel about us. People like to hear their names and... Read More
Fear of Loss Versus Joy of Gain in Variable Compensation
Posted on19 May 2010
Tagsintuition, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, The Economist, Tanjim Hossain, subjective, objective, money, loss, joy, John List, gain, fear, emotions, compensation, communication, cognition, approaches, application
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Since intuition is rooted in emotions and thus subjective, intuitive approaches allow us to see a single, objective situation as many. We... Read More
Roles of Intuition and Cognition in Decisions
Many times people see intuition and cognition as distinct ways to decide things. In truth, they work together. The disconnection is mainly... Read More
What is Cognition?
Posted on04 May 2010
Tagsprocess, cognition, conscious, decisions, intangibles, knowledge, logic, rationale, reason, tangibles, Techniques
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Cognition is the refining of knowledge and the justifying of decisions through rationales. Rationales are thoughts linked by such techniques as reason... Read More
What is Intuition?
Posted on01 May 2010
Tagsconscious, subconscious, process, knowledge, intuition, intangibles, feelings, emotions, decisions, cognition
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Intuition is the acquiring of knowledge and the making of decisions through emotions. Emotions are feelings that go beyond our senses of... Read More
