Smoking is a complex habit with deep-rooted psychological and physiological components, but at its core, it boils down to one simple truth: you smoke because you want to. This may seem like an oversimplification of a multifaceted issue, but it’s a fundamental principle that underlies the behavior of smokers worldwide. At its essence, smoking is a choice. It’s a choice to inhale toxic chemicals into your lungs, knowing full well the potential consequences to your health. It’s a choice to spend your hard-earned money on a habit that offers little in return besides temporary relief from nicotine cravings. And ultimately,…
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A phrase first coined by Alfred Korzybski. Alfred worked in the general semantics field in the 1900s. What does this phrase mean though? It means that our maps and models of how the world works will only ever be an approximate or an estimation of the ‘actual’ world. Of course, this makes sense at an intuitive level. An actual map of your city, state, or country, by necessity, has been scaled down to be practical. Specific elements have been filtered out in the process to create a “decent or useful” representation of the streets and pathways of the city for…
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Your mind and how the learning process works. It’s just like learning to ride a bike. There are 4 steps to how your mind processes and learns anything new. Step 1: Unconscious Ignorance – Remember back when learning to ride a bike. This first step means you don’t know how to ride a bike. And, you aren’t even aware of anything cycling related. Step 2: Conscious Ignorance – In this step, you don’t know how to cycle, but you are aware of cycling and know that you don’t know how to ride a bike. Step 3: Conscious Knowledge – Here…
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