“Humans tend to overestimate their odds of success because they assume if each prerequisite step appears likely to happen, they’re primed for a good outcome. In reality, when you need a list of things ...

I’m acquainted with a lawyer who is arguably the country’s leading authority on estate planning. Legal theory, scholarship, practice… she’s who the experts call for advice. She’s also extremely fit, ...

Everyone’s seen the funny little success diagrams. The first one’s a chart with a 45-degree line that goes left to right from bottom to top. Its caption: “What everyone thinks success looks like.” The ...