It’s more than just being logical and analytical, research shows. But misperceptions can affect how people are treated and ...

In a previous post, we considered three of seven "irrational" habits of highly rational people. Here we consider the remaining four, as well as some suggestions for distinguishing the genuinely ...

We all become experts at some point, but the big question is when. When did you become an expert at rationalizing things? Did it begin early in life? Was it all the way back to pre-school or maybe ...

In this new series, I shall be examining some of the most important methods of self-deception, starting today with the ego defence of rationalization. Rationalization is the use of feeble but ...

Are we, the human species, unreasonable? Do rational arguments have any power to sway us, or is it all intuition, hidden motivations, and various other forms of prejudice? The answer isn't simple, but ...

From a high-level perspective IT budgets have two parts: maintenance and strategic initiatives. Maintenance tends to grow at the expense of strategic initiatives and, left unchecked, ultimately ...

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