Planning to Fail

In the Balance by BBC

Sep 8, 201826:29Business

Why are most of us so bad at planning for the future? Whether saving for our retirement, managing workloads and deadlines, or budgeting for a major infrastructure project, we humans often fail miserably. Is it because we...

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