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Daniel Kahneman Quotes

Israeli - Psychologist | March 5, 1934 -

If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.

Daniel Kahneman

Think Finding You Wealth Losses

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.

Daniel Kahneman

Courage You Know Risk Odds Big

We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.

Daniel Kahneman

Life World Satisfaction Champions Up

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.

Daniel Kahneman

Positive Time Tired People Negative

Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year.

Daniel Kahneman

Year Wealth Skill Beat Market Able

There's a very good reason for why economics developed the way it did, and that is that in many situations, the assumption that people will exploit the opportunities available to them is very plausible, and it simplifies the analysis of how markets will behave.

Daniel Kahneman

Good People Economics Opportunities

Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.

Daniel Kahneman

Women Day You Look Mood More

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

Daniel Kahneman

Child People Friends Spouse Than

My impression is that the elimination of memories greatly reduces the value of the experience.

Daniel Kahneman

Memories Experience Value Impression

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

Daniel Kahneman

Style Blame Credit Little Essence

Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.

Daniel Kahneman

Optimism Better May Able Than Tame

I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.

Daniel Kahneman

Always Willingness Discard Emphasized

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