How we do or respond to something is fascinating, don’t you think? Whether it may be a casual glance, a dismissive wave, or an onerous glare — these are just a few of the many combinations of actions that can occur.
So far here’re a handful that I’ve come up with:
We first run into some random stimulus — something that triggers a response or reaction from us.
The Just Do It Attitude
Some Random Spontaneous Stimuli –> Roll Dice + Take Action
The Deer in Headlights Approach
Blank Look –> Hope for the best … and let’s cross our fingers in case
The Puzzle Piecing Fanaticism
Some Random Spontaneous Stimuli (i.e. random tidbit of information) –> Search and Acquire Mode is ON!
The Pondering Life Act
Stimuli triggers mental white noise –> Flashbacks occur in the mind faster than the average CSI episode
No. Nothing else happens.
The AUGH! Syndrome
Perceived sudden stimuli –> Some ear-piercing or bass-heavy scream of sorts
The Swerve & Disintegrate Tactic
Bothersome Stimuli Occurs –> Avoid at all costs until stimuli fades from sight or mind
The Twitch Process
Stimuli triggers emotion –> Result: a form of habitual behaviour
The MudderFudder Grumble
Stimuli Here –> Some form of “pleasant language” spoken under one’s breath
The Rebel Without Even a Reason Effect
Some shape or form resembling stimuli –> A response that happens anyway … just because
The Backwards Logic Drive
A stimulus –> Rational thinking that is triggered but is ignored because it makes too much sense
Perhaps we can compile a list!
So the point — visualizing. What do we do when we visualize something? We seem to make better decisions. We can see into the distance, the impact of our decisions. A simple example would be Amazon’s review chart.
More importantly — being able to visualize our behaviour or the behaviour others allows us the opportunity to change. Check out Chris Jordan’s video on Picturing Excess. Quite astonishing.
