If you hear on the weather report that it's going to rain tomorrow, rather than reminding yourself to bring your umbrella, set the umbrella by the front door - now the environment is reminding you to bring the umbrella.
Interpretation
Make your environment work for you by setting reminders that prompt your desired actions.
This quote emphasizes the importance of structuring our environment in a way that encourages and supports our decisions and actions. Instead of relying solely on our memory or willpower to remember tasks, we can create physical reminders that prompt us to act, thus increasing our likelihood of success in fulfilling our intentions.
In practice
During a staff meeting, to encourage people to submit their reports on time, you might quote this to emphasize the importance of setting up reminder systems.
As soon as you hear a proposition, the creative brain in humans assumes for the moment that it's true, and starts trying to find evidence. It's what computer scientists in the old days used to call 'Fifo:' first in, first out. The first piece of information that gets in has a privileged position, even if it's misinformation.
What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.
Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle.
That walk around the block, that fresh air, is going to help you work more quickly and effectively when you get back.
There are a lot of books about how to get organized and a lot of books about how to be better and more productive at business, but I don't know of one that grounds any of these in the science.
There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we can see that in the brain. When people are lying perfectly still but listening to music, the neurons in the motor cortex are firing.
I don’t know what message to send to Bran. Help him Tyrion.” “What help could I give him? I am no maester, to ease his pain. I have no spell to give him back his legs.” “You gave me help when I needed it” Jon Snow said. “I gave you nothing,” Tyrion said. “Words.” “Then give your words to Bran too.
I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.
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