By Charlie Gilkey
An aside from Dan Ariely’s latest piece in Wired got me thinking. Here’s a quick excerpt:
Think how differently we’d interact with our calendars if the default was for time slots not to be empty—if, instead, they were prepopulated with tasks like thinking, writing, and planning. We’d be far less likely to neglect the opportunity costs: Every time we accept an obligation, it would be clear that we are giving something up.
I’ve often mentioned that there’s a deinstitutionalization period that happens when people start their own businesses or work in entrepreneurial environments. One of the reasons new entrepreneurs flail after the “I just started my new thing!” honeymoon is, for the first time in their lives, they have a calendar that starts empty and they have to fill... More...
