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Can You "Re-Anchor" Your Next Budget Meeting?

Harvard Business Review

Anchoring is the psychological phenomenon that makes a number stick in your mind and influence you — even though you think you're disregarding it. Many studies have shown that even obviously irrelevant numbers influence estimates. Many management techniques attempt to overcome this challenge. So what works? History (i.e.,