Scarcity - Why Having Too Little Means So Much

I purchased this book after listening to the the author’s interview on “PIMA” podcast

The primary focus of the book is how scarcity, whether it’s in terms of money, time, social contact, or other resources, influences our behavior. What we sometimes perceive as incompetence, laziness, indifference, or any other negative traits used to describe someone’s behavior could be a consequence of their limited bandwidth due to scarcity.

Another way of looking at people and situations.

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Fooled by Randomness - The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

This book is another version of his bestseller “The Black Swan”, only more fatalistic. The main idea he wants to convey is that we underestimate the impact of randomness in life and attribute success or failure to skill, when it’s luck that has often played a significant role. He keeps emphasizing that skill reveals itself only over time, while luck dominates short-term results.

It is true that every positive-thinking book you read or motivational speech you hear focuses too much on successful outcomes while ignoring unseen failures. It is very important to understand both success and failure.

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