Self-service preferences

The so-called self-service preference (self-serving bias) refers to the judgment or interpretation of yourself, your actions, and the actions of others in a way that is self-beneficial. This is a subconscious extremist ideology that we should try to avoid, says Charlie Munger. To avoid this, there must be sufficient understanding of the existence and self of this consciousness.

In life, we will unwittingly step into the "minefield", because it is subconscious, so most of us are difficult to detect. Life's "procrastination sufferers" are particularly serious because they are best at making excuses for themselves, so that things can be taken for granted.

When I realized the potential danger, I still struggled in the minefield. Whenever I justify myself, I consciously know that I am making excuses for myself and whether I should stop this behavior. But there was an unknown force in my mind that squeezed my sense of reason, and finally found a "reasonable" excuse to soothe the mistake I had just made. After a moment to recall, this is really terrible. In life, this "evil" is everywhere, the bully. More frightening, we also ill, tyrant, let our own Walking Dead. We often say "the greatest enemy is oneself", I think, this is one of the enemy. It is also the only way for us to grow as opposed to these enemy swords.

Benjamin Franklin said: "If you want to persuade others, you have to resort to interest rather than rationality." "Human self-service preferences are extremely powerful and should be used to get the right results. Charlie Munger in the book cited a general consultant to persuade the CEO example, the CEO did not keep things in mind, except because he masterful, mainly the general counsel did not persuade the CEO to the point, did not let the CEO to realize the seriousness of their own, and finally after the problem both were dismissed.

Know yourself a little more and know a little more about the world.

Self-service preferences