Maria Konnikova

Why We Make Resolutions (and Why They Fail)

January 2, 2023

Here is another “classic” New Yorker article, in this instance one written by Maria Konnikova. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Photograph by Harold M. Lambert / Lambert…

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Mastermind: A book review by Bob Morris

June 1, 2017

Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova Viking/The Penguin Group (2013) How the Science of Deduction and Analysis can make sense of “a pink elephant world” Frankly, I have never read another book quite like this one, written…

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The Confidence Game: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2016

The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It…Every Time Maria Konnikova VIKING/An Imprint of Random House (2016) A brilliant analysis of “the aristocrats of crime” and how they manipulate their gullible victims Long before we are adults and others have…

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Born to Be Conned

December 8, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maria Konnikova for The New York Times. One of her key points is that many people have “a deep need to believe in a version of the world where everything really…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 2/25/13)

March 3, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan The AIG Story Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence…

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Mastermind: A book review by Bob Morris

January 26, 2013

Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova Viking/The Penguin Group (2013) How the Science of Deduction and Analysis can make sense of “a pink elephant world” Frankly, I have never read another book quite like the one Maria…

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