10 Thinking Biases (or Cognitive Traps)
- All-or-Nothing thinking: less than perfect is a total failure
- Over-generalisation: “always” / “never”
- Mental Filter: Picking out the single negative, dwelling exclusively on that
- Discounting the Positive: Positive evidence “doesn’t count”
- Jumping to Conclusions: without any evidence or data
- Magnification: Exaggerating the problems, catastrophising
- Emotional Reasoning: Negative emotions drive perception of facts
- “Should” / “Ought” Statements: placing pressure of self-expectation
- Labelling: “I made a mistake” becomes “I’m hopeless”
- Personalisation and Blame: Circle of concern vs circle of influence