You’ve had this experience: someone shows you clear evidence, and you still feel yourself resisting it. Not because the facts are wrong, but because the conclusion doesn’t fit the story you’ve been living. “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” – John Lubbock This month is about the stories you live by.Continue reading “Belief Bias: When Your Mind Chooses the Story Over the Facts”
Category Archives: Biases
The Stories You Live By
A month about the narratives that shape identity, emotion, and possibility. The narratives running your life What drives our internal narratives? There are moments, blasts of mental replays. These narratives are unconscious, internalized stories shaped by our culture, family, and past experiences. These stories define our identity, thoughts, and behavior. Someone does not text youContinue reading “The Stories You Live By”
Building a Clearer You: Living with Greater Self-Clarity
This year, we are exploring techniques and strategies for self-knowledge. January has been a month of courageous looking inward. If you are following this blog, we have explored our biases, examined the stories we tell ourselves, practiced self-distancing, and built routines and strategies that help you see your inner world with more honesty and compassion.Continue reading “Building a Clearer You: Living with Greater Self-Clarity”
The Halo Effect: How First Impressions Shape Your Reality
You meet someone at a party, and you see this person as attractive, so you like them right away. Why do we trust someone instantly? The halo effect is a bias. Why talk about biases? What purpose is there in digging deeper into our unconscious judgments and habits? The purpose is to improve the qualityContinue reading “The Halo Effect: How First Impressions Shape Your Reality”