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#695: Shane Parrish on Wisdom from Warren Buffett, Rules for Better Thinking, How to Reduce Blind Spots, The Dangers of Mental Models, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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The Power of Automatic Rules for Behavior Change

Automatic rules can help us turn our desired behavior into our default behavior, even when we're at our worst. Inspired by a conversation with Daniel Kahneman, he shared his rule of never saying yes on the phone to avoid social pressure. Rules are powerful because people don't argue with them. We should consider creating rules for ourselves that we can follow even in challenging situations. Just like we know not to speed on the highway, we need to use rules to our advantage and shape our behavior.

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