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5 Biases That Can Block Your Success

Auracles by MJ
5 min readNov 23, 2021

Please DO NOT exclude yourself…

The ways people carry on are insane and can alternatively be labeled inhumane, inconsiderate, and even disrespectful. Yes, broad it is and none of any tasteful attributes. Personally, I look for patterns as if life is a math sequence; it is exactly that. All has been done in some way and will be repeated, hence how cognitive biases were identified. People will continually behave in (a) manner(s) that hinder themselves, their success, and/or the people around them.

What is Cognitive?

1 : of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) cognitive impairment. 2 : based on or capable of being reduced to empirical factual knowledge.

What is Bias?

1. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

What is Cognitive Bias?

Humans have a tendency to think in particular ways that can lead to systematic deviations from making rational judgments.

They influence the way we think and act, and such irrational mental shortcuts can lead to all kinds of problems in entrepreneurship, investing, or management.

CONFIRMATION BIAS

How we act and what we decide to say are always based on our personal life experiences. After doing some research I came to the conclusion; if confirmation bias is not one-sided and ignorant, I don't know what is. Not being open to change/new ideas can cause stagnancy in life, if not; your same ‘ole routine is still in effect. The need to exclusively defend your ideology can determine how tightly knitted your relationships are not. How well can you communicate and be open to different viewpoints? What about based on new research/findings? These people are stuck in their ways and hold onto evidence that supports them and their ideas; therefore proving themselves to be “right” every time. 9/10 they are wrong. Their mind is set up to prevent anything/anyone opposing them and what they believe.

“they will also interpret news stories in a way that upholds their existing ideas.”

“These biases contribute to

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Auracles by MJ
Auracles by MJ

Written by Auracles by MJ

Artist & Children’s book author. Everything written is to promote a better way of living. *Psych Major

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