The model unmasks a severe structural asymmetry in decision-making: setting an ambition threshold too high is far costlier to personal or professional performance than setting it too low by an ...
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Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise
According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so ...
How ambitious should you be? Folk wisdom offers conflicting advice: “Shoot for the moon,” but also, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” ...
How ambitious should you be? Folk wisdom offers conflicting advice: "Shoot for the moon," but also, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." A new study by researchers at the University of ...
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