Lessons from: Same as Ever
Name : Same as Ever Author(s) : Housel, Morgan Synopsis This book is about the unchanging parts of the psychology of human nature. It identifies 23 such parts and explains them through stories and anecdotes. it invites the reader to think beyond the latest hype cycle that is constantly changing and observe the undercurrents that power them and which do not change. The author also provides, at the end of the book, a list of questions that one can ask themselves to think more critically about their life. These questions, if consistently asked and truthfully answer should reveal over time the things that one regularly gets wrong, and in this one will realise the things that do not change. Core ideas Much of the world hangs by a thread : The most seminal events in history (and for that matter even the most mundane) happened because of a coming together of small, almost unimportant, components. This also means that there is nothing called certainty in this life we live. One can plan for the...
