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Hedonic Treadmill: Once we've obtained what we desire, our happiness quickly returns to its baseline level, and we begin to desire something else. Whatever happens, good or bad, we get used to it. As such, the most fortunate of us are seldom much happier than the least.
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OVERPERCEPTION
The tendency to overestimate someone’s sexual interest in you. Much more common in men, making it a chief challenge of being a woman to let men know when they are not desirable without insulting them (an almost impossible task).
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Tolstoï débute Anna Karénine sur cette observation : « Toutes les familles heureuses se ressemblent ; mais chaque famille malheureuse l’est à sa façon. » Pour les entreprises, c’est l’inverse. Toutes les entreprises heureuses sont différentes : chacune d’entre elles détient un monopole en résolvant un problème unique. Toutes les compagnies qui échouent sont identiques : elles n’ont pas su échapper à la concurrence.
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