The Secrets to a Happy,

Successful Legal Career

Florida Bar Mid-Year Meeting - January 19, 2018

Part 2

How Your Brain Works

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

Your Brain on the Internet

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

“Multitaskers are suckers for irrelevancy. Everything

distracts them.”-Clifford Nass, Stanford

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

“Integration of smartphones into daily life” appears to cause a “brain drain” that can diminish such vital mental skills as “learning, logical reasoning, abstract thought, problem solving, and creativity.”

We spent about 188,000 years either procuring food or hanging out talking with our community.

Behavioral Economics

Ego Depletion: Making Lots of Decisions Saps Willpower

Death by a thousand cuts. The

simple act of making small decisions

decreases willpower.

Numerical Anchoring

Humans are highly influenced in

their thinking by what they

compare things to.

Loss Aversion – Example 1

The U.S. is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which is expected to kill 600 people. Two alternative programs to combat the disease have been proposed. Assume that the exact scientific estimates of the consequences of the programs are as follows: If program A is adopted, 200 people will be saved. If program B is adopted, there is a one-third probability that 600 people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no people will be saved. Which of the two programs would you favor?

Loss Aversion – Example 2

The U.S. is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which is expected to kill 600 people. Two alternative programs to combat the disease have been proposed. Assume that the exact scientific estimates of the consequences of the programs are as follows: If program C is adopted, 400 people will die. If program D is adopted, there is a one-third probability that nobody will die and a two-thirds probability that 600 people will die. Which of the two programs would you favor?

Exercises

1. Gratitude.2. Achievement.3. Meditation.4. Weekly Planning.

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