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Not sure if this counts as a welcome addition or a topic-hijack, but Dan Ariely's "Predictably Irrational" is an interesting read on the topic of cognitive biases. On youtube, this talk serves as a good introduction:

Great initiative! The very act of formulating one's question seems valuable, so here it goes. In the recent past I have ignored good career opportunities that were attainable, to pursue more risky possibilities that seemed appealing in my mind. I then discovered that the fear of being disappointed a...

There is an idea in early magic that; the harder something is to find, the more power it has. The idea has survived as a mainstream psychological rule of thumb: the more (time/money/energy) you are willing to sacrifice to achieve something, the more likely it is that you will succeed. People often ...