Think More Rationally by Pretending to Give Advice to Someone Else.
When you are faced with a decision-making process in which you are involved, it is difficult to be rational because you are trapped in your own world and prejudices. One way to overcome this is to ask yourself, “If this was about someone else I love and care about, what would I say to him?”
In the video, Dan Ariely , a psychologist and author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces Shaping Our Decisions , says that when you solve other people’s problems, you release their emotions and provide real, simple advice. So take this idea and use it for yourself. When you present yourself as an outsider, your advice to yourself may end up different from your first instinctive reaction.
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