My First Book for 2025 - The Intelligence Trap by David Robson

Happy New year hive folks. I think I've said that before, lol but still; happy New year again. I hope we all crush our goals for the year. Speaking of goals, one of mine for 2025 is to read a minimum of 12 books. That averages one book a month. I'm talking, buying a physical book, not and not an electronic copy. That averages one book per month. I'm pretty sure I will surpass that, but we'll see. I visited my family for new year's day, and as I was returning I was looking out for the book vendor I usually see by the road side. When I saw him and all the books he'd laid up, I was full of joy. I reckon the folks passing by would have wondered what made me so excited about sighting books. I saw quite a number of good options and I genuinely didn't know which one to go with. At first I took the book Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson but I wasn't too stoked after reading the synopsis then, David Robson's The intelligence Trap caught my eye because I sort of resonate with that. Have you ever wondered, Why do intelligent people sometimes make poor decisions? I have a good feeling the book offers an answer to this questions and more.

One of the reasons I chose this book was that it felt really relatable. I like to took of myself as a smart guy, even though I make looooots of dumb decisions. While writing this now I remembered one of the dumbest thing I've ever done recently and it made me realize, I might think I know stuff but I can be really poor with judging situations and making decisions. It turns out, intelligence and being "smart" isn't enough. Hence, this book, I reckon would help shed more light.

I stood at the vendor for a couple minutes scrolling through reviews of other readers and it was mixed. A number of people loved the simple, easy to understand tips while some found the strategies way too ordinary and only fitting for a short article. There's also the exploration of cognitive biases, decision making traps and the gap between intelligence and wisdom.

If there's anything I look forward to the most, it's that I get to experience lot of epiphanies and get called out for my BS, lol. Themes like overconfidence, etc. are what I'm hoping would get some attention as it is one of the reasons most people can fall into a mental pitfall.

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