I have always wondered about the reasons people display a marked "confirmation bias" and the flip side, "cognitive dissonance?" Both of these tend to create much strife in people’s lives – sometimes leading to disruptions in relationships, and maybe even in a person leading a truly fulfilled life. As with other aspects, these traits are seen very easily in others – and most not aware about their own behaviour. Like one cannot see the back of their own head in 3D, another ha

I came across this very interesting talk by Marco Alvera on TED. I suggest that you may want to consider taking the 14.07 minutes to watch this talk and the extra 2.25 minutes to watch the embedded video on how fairness sand kindness are hardwired into our psyche. Especially so, if you are a business executive, owner, entrepreneur, parent, or just a good old member of society - basically, anyone and everyone will benefit from watching it. Being fair is paramount for all relat