323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It

Freakonomics Radio

• Episode: 323. Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It
• Website: Freakonomics Radio
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• Duration: 00:41:13
• Published: 2018-03-08 05:00

Whether it's a giant infrastructure plan or a humble kitchen renovation, it'll inevitably take way too long and cost way too much. That's because you suffer from “the planning fallacy.” (You also have an “optimism bias” and a bad case of overconfidence.) But don't worry: we've got the solution.