One thing I have sort of contemplated about after recently joining finance and learning about Options (a derivative financial instrument) is how lot of our decisions in life, esp. the more difficult and “riskier” ones, can be modeled by options calls and puts, or a combination of both.
Why is this important ? Understanding this can [...]
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Living life like a call option
Posted in Psychology on October 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is career planning really time wasted ?
Posted in Psychology on August 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Miswanting
“We are poor at predicting what will make us happy in the future.”
The idea of making mistakes about what we might want in the future has been termed ‘miswanting’ by Gilbert and Wilson (2000). They point to a range of studies finding we are poor at predicting what will make us happy in the future.
PsyBlog: [...]
Antoine de Saint Exupery’s depth of human understanding
Posted in Psychology, Society on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Antoine de Saint Exupery was some guy. I still haven’t read his very famous book “The Little Prince” (its claimed to be the 3rd most selling book in the world, after The Bible and Gone With the Wind) , but it’s on my list now after being highly recommended by my cousin Akash.
He was an [...]
How to be a genius .. hmmm
Posted in Accomplishment, Psychology on February 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
An excellent article from New Scientist about how great people actually become great. The nice thing about it is that its not just opinion. It quotes various research studies and analysis of various super-achievers in arts, athletics, science, thus being more of an investigative piece than huff puff.
It highlights the common dilemma many people [...]
Being a people pleaser vs based on values
Posted in Psychology, Society on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My curiosity and great interest in applied behavioral psychology often leads me to think about our social ways, our efforts to be happy at work, socially and in life in general.
We want to find acceptance amongst our friends and peers. And I’ve seen this can lead to a “people pleasing” component in one’s behavior where [...]
Art of Effortless Concentration
Posted in Psychology, sports on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I read a chapter of this book “The Inner Game Of Tennis”. Fascinating book I say. Stuff I liked:
Following images and imitating them is more powerful than instruction by words. Instructions by words result in conscious trying and often result in tense over-trying spoiling the smooth effortless process of playing any sport. Watching, [...]
Dualism vs becoming the mind
Posted in Psychology on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve noticed how uncontrolled and undisciplined I am at times. My actions are way different from what I feel my heart really wants to do, stuff that is aligned with my dreams and goals, stuff that will give me real satisfaction ultimately.
I feel this is because my mind is still like a small child – [...]
