When most people find that their actions have resulted in an undesirable outcome, they tend to rethink their decisions and ask, "What should I have done differently to avoid this outcome?"
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The fourth-quarter comeback to win the game. The tumor that appeared on a second scan. The guy in accounting who was secretly embezzling company funds. The situation may be different each time, but we hear ourselves say it ...
Sep 6, 2012
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During any crisis, timely, and sometimes life-altering, decisions must be made, requiring an extreme amount of sound judgment under uncertainty. The Covid-19 pandemic is no different.
Apr 24, 2020
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"Hindsight is 20/20," one often hears in the context of a tendency to evaluate past choices more clearly in light of new information. But the perfect "20/20" score, referring to a measure of visual acuity, acknowledges a ...
May 19, 2023
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Depressed people have a peculiar view of the past – rather than glorifying the 'good old days', they project their generally bleak outlook on to past events, according to new research.
Aug 16, 2017
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You probably know it as Monday-morning quarterbacking or 20/20 hindsight: failures often look obvious and predictable after the fact—whether it's an interception thrown by a quarterback under pressure, a surgeon's mistake, ...
Nov 26, 2012
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Moving from a city to the beautiful Welsh countryside a few years ago made me acutely aware of the seasons and how they change. Most recently signs of spring have appeared in my garden over here on the Ceredigion coast. This ...
Feb 19, 2018
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