1: The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman did an experiment

“Half the participants were randomly assigned a numbered lottery ticket,”  Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vik Malhotra write in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.

“The remaining half were given a blank ticket and a pen and asked to choose their own lottery number.”

What was the twist?

“Just before … continue reading