Don't Trust Your Gut
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Data on life's big decisions: who to marry, where to live, what makes people happy, what predicts success. Entertaining and often counterintuitive; take individual findings lightly.
Read it if…
you want data-driven takes on major life choices.
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Skip it if…
you want deep treatment of any one topic.
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Three things you will actually use
- Data over intuition on big choices.
- Nature and friends boost happiness most.
- Luck plays a bigger role than talent stories admit.
Do this first
Read the happiness chapter and change one weekend plan accordingly.
Our verdict
Data for life decisions.
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