Maria Konnikova

Throw your gut out the window. You don't know. You are relying on people perception that is most often wrong. That is why so many hiring decisions are so terrible because people go with those feelings. And we know that those thin sliced judgments are made within the first few seconds of meeting someone. And that's when your hiring decision is made. And that's just crazy.

Throw your gut out the window. You don't know. You are relying on people perception that is most often wrong. That is why so many hiring decisions are so terrible because people go with those feelings. And we know that those thin sliced judgments are made within the first few seconds of meeting someone. And that's when your hiring decision is made. And that's just crazy.

How can you base someone you're going to hire into your organization based on two seconds, 10 seconds? It doesn't even matter, 20 seconds. Anything that has seconds after it should not be a basis for such an enormous decision.

How can you base someone you're going to hire into your organization based on two seconds, 10 seconds? It doesn't even matter, 20 seconds. Anything that has seconds after it should not be a basis for such an enormous decision.

our default has to be trust, right? Initially, you have to believe the things you hear, believe the people you meet. You're not going to be able to go through life if every single moment you're doubting everything and it's completely impractical. However, you have to have that second verification stage. Verify, verify everything that's important and verify even when you don't really want to.

our default has to be trust, right? Initially, you have to believe the things you hear, believe the people you meet. You're not going to be able to go through life if every single moment you're doubting everything and it's completely impractical. However, you have to have that second verification stage. Verify, verify everything that's important and verify even when you don't really want to.

human beings are wired to trust. Trust is our default state. And the only reason society exists and all of our institutions exist and just the world functions is because of trust.

human beings are wired to trust. Trust is our default state. And the only reason society exists and all of our institutions exist and just the world functions is because of trust.

And that to me just gets at the heart of it. You know, the fact that I can get conned is the flip side of the fact that I believe in things. I believe in people. And that's beautiful.

And that to me just gets at the heart of it. You know, the fact that I can get conned is the flip side of the fact that I believe in things. I believe in people. And that's beautiful.