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The Secrets to a Happy,
Successful Legal Career
Florida Bar Mid-Year Meeting - January 19, 2018
Part 2
How Your Brain Works
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
Your Brain on the Internet
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
“Multitaskers are suckers for irrelevancy. Everything
distracts them.”-Clifford Nass, Stanford
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
“Integration of smartphones into daily life” appears to cause a “brain drain” that can diminish such vital mental skills as “learning, logical reasoning, abstract thought, problem solving, and creativity.”
We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.
Behavioral Economics
Ego Depletion: Making Lots of Decisions Saps Willpower
Death by a thousand cuts. The
simple act of making small decisions
decreases willpower.
Numerical Anchoring
Humans are highly influenced in
their thinking by what they
compare things to.
Loss Aversion – Example 1
The U.S. is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which is expected to kill 600 people. Two alternative programs to combat the disease have been proposed. Assume that the exact scientific estimates of the consequences of the programs are as follows: If program A is adopted, 200 people will be saved. If program B is adopted, there is a one-third probability that 600 people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no people will be saved. Which of the two programs would you favor?
Loss Aversion – Example 2
The U.S. is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which is expected to kill 600 people. Two alternative programs to combat the disease have been proposed. Assume that the exact scientific estimates of the consequences of the programs are as follows: If program C is adopted, 400 people will die. If program D is adopted, there is a one-third probability that nobody will die and a two-thirds probability that 600 people will die. Which of the two programs would you favor?
Exercises
1. Gratitude.2. Achievement.3. Meditation.4. Weekly Planning.
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