"Unfortunately, during each step of this cycle, **we rely on special brain tricks, aka cognitive biases, to save time and energy figuring out what we’re looking at, orienting ourselves around what it means to us, and then deciding what we should do**. We might see something that isn’t really there, or think it means something that it doesn’t really mean, or take an action that isn’t appropriate to the situation." (~[Location 1002](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081J97HLQ&location=1002)~) — [[202308181107 — AtN — Staying calm within disagreements can be a superpower]] and [[202308181228 — AtN — Listening well can be a superpower]] and [[202308180914 — AtN — Asking questions can be a superpower]] *** **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[anxiety]], [[type-one-thinking]], [[listening]], [[asking-questions]] **Source** — [[202308170952 — B — Why Are We Yelling]]