The economy works better for some people than others. Success isn’t as meritocratic as it used to be and, when success is granted, it’s rewarded with higher gains than in previous eras.

The propensity to dwell on failure and mistakes, and an inability to shut out the outside world are, in his mind, the biggest psychological impediments for his female players, and they directly affect performance and confidence on the court.

We shall amplify love

Rule of thumb: You always need a list of your 3 big questions.

The hazard in any such discussion of ‘what matters most’ in life, though, is that it tends to give rise to a kind of paralysing grandiosity.

System 1 is lazy, operates automatically and quickly. It generates impressions and feelings without effort, feeding the beliefs and choices of System 2.

We use latent constructs and write our survey measures carefully and thoughtfully, avoiding the use of any propaganda items; we perform several statistical tests to confirm that our measures meet psychometric standards for validity and reliability; and we have a large dataset that pulls respondents from around the world, which serves as a safeguard against errors or bad actors.

THE LAW OF VICTORY - Leaders find a way to win

When faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.

Level 1 — PositionPosition is the only level that requires no ability or effort to achieve. While nothing is wrong with leadership position, everything is wrong with relying only on that position to get people to follow.