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The memory isn’t very reliable. Every time we remember something we recreate what happened rather than just replay a film from our mental archives. The recreation is directed by a number of things such our beliefs, our emotional state at the time and our self-image. What you remember about an event may differ quite a bit from what someone else remembers.

Why you should write things down

http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/09/12/why-you-should-write-things-down/

7 stupid thinking errors you probably make

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/7-stupid-thinking-errors-you-probably-make.html The brain isn’t a flawless piece of machinery. Although it is powerful and comes in an easy to carry container, it has it’s weaknesses. A field in psychology which studies these errors, known as biases. Although you can’t upgrade your mental hardware, noticing these biases can clue you into possible mistakes. How Bias Hurts You
http://gigaom.com/collaboration/master-your-information-manifesto-21-tips-to-deal-with-info-overload/

How to deal with info overload

The problem with being constantly bombarded by information, as we web workers are, is not so much that we can’t deal with it, or that it distracts us from our work, or that it shortens our attention spans or stresses us out. It’s that we have allowed that information to control our lives. We’ve discussed this at length in the past . We can argue endlessly about whether a high amount of information and connectivity is good for you or not, or whether it increases or decreases productivity. The point is whether we really want to have all of this information, and whether we are in control of it, and whether consuming massive amounts of information is really how we want to spend all of our waking hours.