I think, that we need to understand, how do our brains work, because it is part of us, which creates ourselves. There is the list of 7 most commonly creep cognitive biases into the decision- making process.
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Progress bias
What it is: Where we give more credit to our good actions even if they’re outweighed by the bad.
Confirmation bias
What it is: Where we’re more likely to believe information that confirms opinions we already have.
Survivorship bias
What it is: Where we only pay attention to people or things that succeeded and ignore all those who didn’t.
Dunning-Kruger effect
What it is: When confidence and experience are mismatched.
IKEA effect
What it is: Where we place much higher value on things we’ve personally worked on.
Planning fallacy
What it is: Where we underestimate the time we need to complete a task.
Availability heuristic
What it is: Where we believe that if something can be recalled it must be important. "