When You're In Pain, Tomorrow Doesn't Exist

Rainy Day Savings Are Incredibly Important, Because From Time To Time, Bad Things Happen. And If You're Not Prepared For That, It's Going To Be Really Terrible.

To Summarize, Using Money To Motivate People Can Be A Double-edged Sword. For Tasks That Require Cognitive Ability, Low To Moderate Performance-based Incentives Can Help. But When The Incentive Level Is Very High, It Can Command Too Much Attention And Thereby Distract The Person’s Mind With Thoughts About The Reward. This Can Create Stress And Ultimately Reduce The Level Of Performance.

In A World Where Everyone Is Behaving Honestly, Any Dishonesty Constitutes A Big Infraction. But, In A World Where Many People Are Behaving Dishonestly, And The News Is Filled With Stories Of Their Infractions, Even Big Infractions Can Feel Small To The Perpetrator.

We Are All Far Less Rational In Our Decision-making Than Standard Economic Theory Assumes. Our Irrational Behaviors Are Neither Random Nor Senseless: They Are Systematic And Predictable. We All Make The Same Types Of Mistakes Over And Over, Because Of The Basic Wiring Of Our Brains.

What Kind Of People Would Be Able To Rationalize Better Than Other People? Better Storytellers, Right? Creative People, Right? Because If You're Creative, You Find More Ways To Cheat And Still Yourself A Story About Why This Is Okay.