#behavior
Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Behavior
Showing 99 of 99 highlights
Your identity is what drives your behavior.
From Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron
We have a tendency to underestimate the influence of our environment.
Cities, like organisms, exhibit universal patterns that govern their growth and behavior.
From Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies by Geoffrey West
People are inherently selfish and driven by their own interests.
Economic cycles are driven by human behavior and the collective psychology.
From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
Social norms have a powerful impact on our decisions.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
We are not only irrational; we are predictably irrational.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Much of our behavior is driven by hidden motives.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Neuroscience reveals that much of our behavior is dictated by unconscious processes.
We craft narratives to justify our actions.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Reciprocity is the principle that people feel obligated to return favors.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
People’s behavior is driven by their experiences.
From The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Rational thought is a manifestation of our behavioral dispositions.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
The biology of human behavior is one of the most complex subjects in science, and yet it is fundamentally simple.
From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
The market is a reflection of the collective psychology of its participants.
We are not as rational as we think we are.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Understanding behavior requires understanding the biology that underlies it.
From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
The behavior of a system is not determined by the parts alone, but by their interactions.
Reason is often a servant to our emotional needs.
From The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Social norms often mask our real motivations.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
To predict people's behavior, we must understand their irrationalities.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
The market is a reflection of human psychology.
To say that someone has a mind is to say that they have certain dispositions to act.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
The way options are presented affects our choices.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Social proof is the tendency to look to others to determine our actions.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
To change a habit, you must keep the old cue and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Market sentiment can drive prices more than fundamentals in the short term.
The cue is the trigger for the habit, the routine is the behavior itself, and the reward is what the brain gets out of it.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Understanding the mind requires a shift from inner to outer behavior.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
The right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.
From Good to Great by Jim Collins
Mental processes are not separate from behavior.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
Social signaling is a powerful force in human behavior.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
The field of artificial intelligence is concerned with the automation of intelligent behavior.
From Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
Artificial intelligence is about making machines that can think like humans, but often they end up being more like humans than we expect.
Understanding patterns can lead to greater insights into human behavior.
From The Pattern Seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen
The fact that we are predictable means that we can be influenced.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Social proof suggests that people will look to the actions of others to determine their own.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Cultural evolution influences economic behaviors significantly.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
Our brains are wired to prefer novelty, which can lead to addiction and distraction.
From The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long
We must design for the way people behave, not for how we would like them to behave.
Human beings are not rational creatures; they are rationalizing creatures.
Understanding the role of hormones can give us insight into our behavior.
From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
Humans are not as rational as they think they are.
From Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein
The need to be liked can lead to self-sabotage.
From The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez
The people we surround ourselves with shape our thoughts and behaviors.
The environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior.
From Atomic Habits by James Clear
Habits are the choices that all of us deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about but continue doing, often every day.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Genes are not just passive information; they are active agents that influence behavior.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
When you feel powerful, you are more likely to act powerfully.
Surveillance capitalism thrives on our desire for convenience.
The most important aspect of design is how it interacts with people.
Much of what we do is driven by motives we don't recognize.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Aggression is often a result of social context rather than an innate trait.
From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky
Mental states are best understood as dispositions to behave in certain ways.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
Understanding the spread of disease requires a broader view of human behavior.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
We are more motivated by potential losses than by potential gains.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
A system is a set of things interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time.
Elements can be as fickle as people, changing their behavior based on their surroundings.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Soundscapes can profoundly affect our mood and behavior.
From The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox
Our perceptions are influenced by the way choices are presented to us.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Champions behave like champions before they are champions.
The way we choose to frame a problem can lead us to make different decisions.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
The more people who are doing something, the more likely it is that others will do it too.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Dopamine-driven behavior often leads us away from long-term happiness.
From The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long
Consistency is a strong human drive that influences our decision-making.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
To be confident, you have to act as if you are.
Trees are social beings that communicate and support each other.
Fear and greed drive the market more than logic.
People are more influenced by their emotions than by logic.
The context in which we make decisions can significantly alter our choices.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
The desire for social status is one of the primary motivators of human behavior.
Octopuses can exhibit both solitary and social behaviors.
From The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Understanding the crowd is essential for successful trading.
People are more motivated by potential loss than by potential gain.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
The octopus is a creature of profound intelligence and emotional sophistication.
From The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Investing in crypto is as much about psychology as it is about numbers.
From Kings of Crypto by Jeff John Roberts
Humans are not primarily rational creatures.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
The challenge is not just getting AI to behave, but to understand what it means to behave.
From The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
Culture is a form of evolution that takes place in the social sphere.
From The Red Queen by Matt Ridley
Economic cycles are driven by the collective behavior of people.
From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
We often fail to recognize the influence of context on our decisions.
From Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein
The mind is seen as a complex of modalities of human behavior.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
Commitment is the process of making a choice about something.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Obsession can lead us to make irrational decisions.
From Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden
The people we surround ourselves with influence our thoughts, actions, and behaviors.
Intelligent behavior is that which is adaptive to the environment.
From Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
Losses loom larger than gains.
The promise of future rewards can be more enticing than the rewards themselves.
From The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long
The drive for self-preservation is the most powerful force in human behavior.
Commitment is a powerful motivator that can lead to greater compliance.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
An algorithm that learns from our actions can inadvertently learn our worst habits.
From The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
The process of habit formation is a three-step loop: cue, routine, reward.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
The power of social norms can greatly influence our behavior.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
The key to successful SEO is understanding your audience's search behavior.
From SEO for the Long Tail by Stacy Farr
Man is a creature of habit, and in this respect, he is a prisoner of his own making.
Rust's traits are a way to define shared behavior in an abstract way.
From The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik & Carol Nichols
An intelligent agent should be able to understand human values and preferences.
From Human Compatible by Stuart Russell
There is a deep connection between spiritual insight and ethical behavior.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
You can’t help what you feel, but you can help how you behave.
From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood