CHAPTER 9
WINNING? OR NOT LOSING? LEAVE THEM WITH THEIR SWORD
The Sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of a person lies in their ability to correct their mistakes and continually make a new person of him or herself.
—WANG YANGMING
SO MANY GREAT books explore various aspects of the neuroscience of decision-making, such as how people think and why we react the way we do. I’ve read dozens of them and watched countless TED Talks and Talks at Google lectures. Some are heady, some are research-based, and some are designed for popular culture.1
Scientific and economic research has confirmed ...
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