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Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Actually Average Cheerful Compared Course Day Divorced Less Lives Look Married Mood More Satisfied Surprising Which Women Women Are You

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People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Child Families Friends Happier People Really Spouse Than

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My impression is that the elimination of memories greatly reduces the value of the experience.

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Topics: Elimination Experience Greatly Impression Memories Value

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In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Blame Credit Essence Failures Involves Little Optimistic Style Successes Taking

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Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Able Better Individuals May Optimism Organizations Tame Than

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Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Allocation Bargain Because Difficult Easygoing Expanding Losses More Much Negotiations Over People Pie Require Shrinking Tend

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I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Always Discard Emphasized Willingness

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Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Being Overconfident Political Pundits Rewarded Sports

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Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it's interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and a year later people won't remember them.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Because Being Incorrect Interesting Later Make Most Opinionated Penalties People Predictions Pundits Remember Selected Successful Them Year Year Later You

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I'm not a great believer in self-help.

~Daniel Kahneman

Topics: Believer Great Great Believer Self-Help

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Psychologist

Born: March 5th, 1934

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