The Seven Deadly Stupidities:
Using the Other People’s Failures to Make Better Decisions

By George Pillari
Foreword by Guy Kawasaki

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It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

Warren Buffett


The book draws on my experiences as a crisis manager and uses a series of real-life case studies to show us that decision making in tense situations is a skill to be learned and perfected.

Different from most business books that talk about recipes for success (improve your habits, be more productive, etc.), Stupidities highlights what you need to avoid in order to be successful.

From Guy Kawasaki’s foreword to the book:

  • 80% of success is avoiding stupidity

We learn from the successes and failures of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Holmes, Google X, JP Morgan, the New York Yankees, the Titan Sub, Thomas Edison, Taylor Swift, and others.

Charlie Javice, SBF. Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, Taylor Swift, Oprah

The Seven Deadly Stupidities:

And there is the amazing story of a Soviet General, who avoided all seven of the stupidities and prevented a global thermonuclear war.

The chapter-by-chapter format lets you thumb through and pick the order to read the book. The summary of each stupidity includes lessons learned and advice on how to avoid the stupidity and “be smarter.”

We are twice as likely to respond to negative events than positive ones. So, we decided to analyze and write about….negative events and use the behavioral sciences insight to guide you through how to learn from the failures of others and become a better decision-maker.