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# My Thoughts on Maxims for Thinking Analytically
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/my-thoughts-on-maxims-for-thinking-analytically/
- Published: 2024-02-12T18:33:55.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-12T18:34:50.000Z
- Description: by Dan Levy
- Author: Bram Adams
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- book of a list of **heuristics** to approach situations
- there were **so many** anecdotes of students of dr richard zeckhauser using these maxims it felt *salesy* at times
- short read, very **covid focused** – black swan events and hindsight bias prevails throughout
  - however if you do have any **important decisions coming up** that weigh on you, you should very much filter it through these maxims
- **hard to remember** to use maxims consistently until/if they become habitual
- my **favorite** maxims:
- ***weight errors of commission and omission equally***
  - the shape of regret in our minds vs reality – what actually happened
- ***reframe anticipation as happiness***
  - looking forward to something is enjoyable – often we want then to be now, but we can learn to appreciate the then now too
- ***uncertainty is the friend of the status quo*** ***&***
- **dont judge your decisions on results**
  - **we want things to stay as they are** in the bounds of reasonability
  - **we judge ourselves on our best intentions** as opposed to the facts of the matter
  - these two work together for some weird scenarios like **adding features to a product** just to feel like you’re doing anything at all **so we can look back and say we tried**