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“You can’t delegate thinking,” de Crespigny told me. “Computers fail, checklists fail, everything can fail. But people can’t. We have to make decisions, and that includes deciding what deserves our attention. The key is forcing yourself to think. As long as you’re thinking, you’re halfway home.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“Many of our most important decisions are, in fact, attempts to forecast the future.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“Good decision making is contingent on a basic ability to envision what happens next.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“We’re not accustomed to thinking about multiple futures,” said Barbara Mellers, another GJP leader. “We only live in one reality, and so when we force ourselves to think about the future as numerous possibilities, it can be unsettling for some people because it forces us to think about things we hope won’t come true.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“knowing what you don’t know is a huge advantage—something that can be used against other players.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“If we pay attention only to good news, we’re handicapping ourselves.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

“The best entrepreneurs are acutely conscious of the risks that come from only talking to people who have succeeded,” said Don Moore, the Berkeley professor who participated in the GJP and who also studies the psychology of entrepreneurship. “They are obsessed with spending time around people who complain about their failures, the kinds of people the rest of us usually try to avoid.”
― Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business