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7 Cognitive Biases That Make Us Suck at Time Management

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Good news, you're not lazy! Your brain is just hardwired to sabotage your productivity. Here's what you can do about it...

Jump to section 1. The Mere Urgency Effect a.k.a. Why we let unimportant tasks take over our days 2. The Zeigarnik Effect a.k.a. Why we can’t stop thinking about everything we need to get done 3. The Planning Fallacy a.k.a. Why we miss deadlines 4. The Sunk Cost Fallacy a.k.a Why we want to finish what we started, even when we shouldn’t 5. Present Bias a.k.a. Why we procrastinate, eat junk food, and don’t save for retirement 6. Complexity Bias a.k.a. Why we overcomplicate our lives 7. Hedonic Adaptation a.k.a. Why we aren’t happy Economists used to believe that human beings are fundamentally r

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