The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

My good friend Mohamad Eleter recommended this book to me and I thought that it was filled with amazing insights. Learning more about the thinking process is something that I always enjoy and I know that people all think differently. It’s extremely valuable to me that I understand the things that may impact my thinking positively or negatively and this book expanded my horizons in many ways.

Books that compile information upon information upon information are books that I greatly enjoy. I love when all the information is already sifted through and easily digestible. Learning from others is something I always enjoy doing and I think that this book was one of the best resources that I studied this year. The author kicked off the book in the best way.

Introduction:

Pg. xviii, In writing this book, I think of myself as a translator whose job is to interpret and synthesize what I’ve read and learned — to put it in terms others can understand. My great respect goes to the researchers who, in recent decades, have uncovered these behavioral and cognitive errors. The success of this book is fundamentally a tribute to them.

This chapter was one that I had learned about previously but not much about it in relation to happiness and general emotions. I find it incredibly valuable to continue to…