Whatever you are focusing on in the moment seems more important than it actually is.
People prefer things they're familiar with.
People prefer to avoid loss than acquire equivalent gains.
The tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events.
The desire to be and appear consistent with what we have already done.
We can rely too heavily on an initial piece of information when making a decision.
We can distort our thinking when it is in our own interest to do so.
Simpler explanations are more likely to be true than complicated ones.
Consider your actions and their immediate consequences, but the subsequent effects of those actions as well.
Start with what you know to be true.
When you are honest about where your knowledge is lacking you know where you are vulnerable and where you can improve.
The map of reality is not reality. Even the best maps are imperfect.
