The Lies That We Tell Ourselves

So many people make bad decisions because they do things based on what they'd like to believe, rather than what is the truth. I've recently realised that I've always had an idealistic notion in my head that I can remember things without taking notes: 
"my memory isn't THAT bad, right?" 
"I don't need to write THAT tiny bit of information down, right?"


I'd like to believe that I can remember all this stuff, so I believe it. It's a lie that I tell myself. And every time I choose not to bring a pen and paper into a meeting, it's a bad decision. What's more, these lies that we tell ourselves can be ridiculously stubborn... It's taken me 25 years to finally admit to myself that I need to make more notes than I currently am!


I wonder what everyone else's lies to themselves are... and what implications these lies have on their life, and on the decisions they make...