The Correlation between Poverty and Willpower Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. It is not the same as broke or a transient financial problem. Poverty is persistent. Willpower is self control. It is the ability to act or react. It is also the ability to restrain oneself from doing something. To develop willpower is to give yourself the chance to lift you out of … [Read more...] about Develop willpower and lift yourself out of financial strain
What is survivorship bias?
Plenty anecdotes exist for survivorship bias. Mostly due to people using some past performance, of a stock for example, as an indicator that the same things will happen again. Wiki defines survivorship bias as "the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not, typically because of their lack … [Read more...] about What is survivorship bias?
The Role of Self-Image in Success: Psycho-Cybernetics
The book Psycho-Cybernetics was written by Maxwell Maltz and Dan S. Kennedy in 1960—but people are still turning to it for self-help today. It explains the importance of goal setting for human life. This goal setting goes hand-in-hand with the self-image. As self-image impacts all areas of life, especially our desires and beliefs in what we can do, the idea is that shaping your … [Read more...] about The Role of Self-Image in Success: Psycho-Cybernetics