4 Posts found for Author: Daniel Akst

Doubt, properly channeled, is a gift, one that pairs especially well with an outsized sense of obligation.

Author: Daniel Akst | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior

Because people want to believe they are good, they are highly susceptible to appeals to their better angels.

Author: Daniel Akst | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Psychology | Behavior

Ultimately, there is egoism in the delusion that the gods would trouble themselves to punish any one of us. Equally absurd is the belief that our powers are so vast they are the cause of whatever befalls us — or can enable us to understand it. In business, as in life, one of the bitterest lessons is that hard work and good intentions aren’t always … [ Read more ]

Author: Daniel Akst | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Concepts, Personal Improvement, Success / Failure, Wisdom

America’s enduring love affair with big spending is fetching up against some unromantic realities. But a lifelong saver assures us that there are worse fates than socking it away for a rainy day.

Author: Daniel Akst | Source: The Wilson Quarterly (Summer2009) | Subjects: America, Articles & Links, Consumerism, Economics | Economy, Excerpts, Life & Society