How environment dictates our thinking and behavior
When we speak, the level at which we communicate changes depending on the person who we are talking to, where the conversation is taking place, our mood and a number of other parameters.
We water down the complexities of the language, leaving just the essential, when talking to kids for example, and we use a more complex language when addressing adults.
In the same way, our behaviors, habits, goals, and what we think is achievable for us is heavily influenced by our immediate environment, our friends and our acquaintances.
We are in nice lush setting, the light is reflected through the crystals of the giant chandelier hanging down from the ceiling, the smell of the fine wood, and the expensive leather sofas fills up our nostrils with the aroma of affluence and luxury.
Our friend offers us a cigar, which we elegantly light with a shiny handmade golden lighter.
We unconsciously push ourselves deeper into our majestic chair.
The affluence around us fires up our brain.
Petty, banal conversations elude us, and the exchanges that we enjoyed at the local, neighbothood bar seem less vain and worthless, even demeaning to our newly acquired stature.
We start talking about loftier subjects, like art, philosophy, and daring business ideas.
In these environments, we act differently, our vocabulary gets an instant face lift, and our head gets filled with big and bright ideas.
As soon as we go back to the neighborhood bar, our thinking slowly relapses into the depth of the ordinary and trivial. We gradually join our friends in their usual complaints over frivolous matters.
In the same way, our behaviors, habits, goals, and what we think is achievable for us is heavily influenced by our immediate environment, our friends and our acquaintances.
We are in nice lush setting, the light is reflected through the crystals of the giant chandelier hanging down from the ceiling, the smell of the fine wood, and the expensive leather sofas fills up our nostrils with the aroma of affluence and luxury.
Our friend offers us a cigar, which we elegantly light with a shiny handmade golden lighter.
We unconsciously push ourselves deeper into our majestic chair.
The affluence around us fires up our brain.
Petty, banal conversations elude us, and the exchanges that we enjoyed at the local, neighbothood bar seem less vain and worthless, even demeaning to our newly acquired stature.
We start talking about loftier subjects, like art, philosophy, and daring business ideas.
In these environments, we act differently, our vocabulary gets an instant face lift, and our head gets filled with big and bright ideas.
As soon as we go back to the neighborhood bar, our thinking slowly relapses into the depth of the ordinary and trivial. We gradually join our friends in their usual complaints over frivolous matters.
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