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The impact of opportunity cost on personal and professional life
Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of different choices
Understanding the concept of opportunity cost
Slowing down
Part of your sense of time passing is dictated by the number of new memories you have made. Time feels as if it is going more slowly when you are bored or feeling lonely or rejected.
In contrast, if life feels as though it's going fast, this could be a sign of a full life. If you lay down many new memories, in retrospect, it can feel as though ages passed.
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Understand the future
Many of us think of our past as a kind of a video library where we can look at records of our lives. If memories were fixed like videotapes, you would find it difficult to imagine a new situation.
It is our past memories that help us imagine a future, and to preview future events. This skil...
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The perception of time
Although some physicists would argue against the existence of time, we all do have a perception of time that reflects the reality of our lives on Earth.
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False pasts
Most of us forget more than we remember. We change memories to make sense of what has happened in our lives. When we then recall a memory, we reconstruct the events in our minds and even shape them to fit in with any new information.
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The perception of time
There’s a common idea that time feels like it speeds up as you age.
The theory is that the perception of time relies on the number of memories formed in a period. The more new and surprising experiences, the slower time feels.
Expanding time by creating a life rich in experiences
People tend to create internal narratives about themselves - a life full of rich and varied experiences will likely have a satisfying quality to it in retrospect. Having more control over your time can lead to more novel memories.
People from all socio-economic levels coul...
Inspiration vs Principles
If you feel lost, or as though you don’t know where you want your life to go next, you don’t need more inspiration.
You need principles. Without them, your life is not going to get better just because you envision and then try to create a new one. Those problems are only going to follow y...
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