You have a choice. First option, we flip a coin, if you call it correctly before it hits the ground - you get $250. Call it wrong, you get nothing. Second option, we don't flip a coin, and we just hand you $100. Which option would you choose? If you are like 82% of the general population, you would take the $100. A bird in the hand being what it is, people tend to prefer the sure thing ($100) over a gamble ($250 or $0). Those who take the sure $100 are quick to point out they are a guaranteed winner. The fallacy in their logic is they are focused on the result, and not the choice. In life, the choices you make are far more important than the results.
A Bird in the Hand
Heads on the ground, very clever, I dig it.
Is that why 82% of the population work for others? Its a guess, but I don't believe many who have worked for themselves would take the 100.