Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.
This was about the time that my opinion of experts, and authority figures in general, began a steady descent that continues to this day.
There is no idea so bad that it cannot be made to look brilliant with the proper application of fonts and color.
The most effective way to stop people from trying to persuade me is to say, ‘I’m not interested.’ You should try it. Don’t offer a reason why you aren’t interested. No one can say why a thing holds in...
The marketing department uses many advanced techniques to match products and buyers in a way that mximizes profits. For example, they give away keychains.
The best you can hope for in a relationship is to findsomeone whose flaws are the sort you don’t mind. It isfutile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someonewho is capable of significant change;...
Practicality rules our perceptions.To survive, our tiny brains need to tame the blizzard ofdelusion generatorinformation that threatens to overwhelm us. Our perceptionsare wondrously flexible, transfo...
One of the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity involves matching your mental state to the task.
Lately...the Peter Principle has given way to the Dilbert Principle. The basic concept of the Dilbert Principle is that the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they ca...
Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness.
If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise.
How can one part be more important if each part is completely necessary?
Focus on your diet first and get that right so you have enough energy to want to exercise.
Every generation before us believed, like Snickers, that it had things figured out. We now know that every generation before us was wrong about a lot of it. Is it likely that you were born at the tipp...
Es gibt zwei Arten von Menschen: intelligente und attraktive Leute wie Sie [...] und die sechs Milliarden Idioten, die uns im Weg herumstehen.
Dogbert to DilbertMy invention can detect human stupidity. It has a very simple interface. All I do is point it at people.
Consider the people who routinely disagree with you. See how confident they look while being dead wrong? That’s exactly how you look to them.
Caring about the quality of your work causes stress. Stress can kill you. Maintain good health by remembering that the stockholders are complete strangers who have never done anything for you.
Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information
An insane person believes his world is consistent. If hebelieves the government is trying to kill him, he will seeample evidence of his belief in the so-called real world. Hewill be wrong, but his evi...