habits_to_consider.txt

Entry level habits to consider cultivating:

Trigger: Notice that an emotional state has been relevant to things you prefer or disprefer
Action: Consider whether you should practice noticin that emotional state
Reasons: Noticing emotional states lets you chain triggers for other habits.
Further reading: http://agentyduck.blogspot.com/2014/09/what-its-like-to-notice-things.html

Mid level habits:

Precondition: ability to notice when you are feeling defensive or angry
Trigger: Notice that you are defensive or angry, and that you are attempting rational discourse
Action: Take deep breaths and then either tap out of the conversation or something

Trigger: You ask a group a question, where it matters what the collective intelligence of the answer is
Action: Ask everyone to wait 12 seconds before answering
Reason: • Reduces Asch conformity/priming
        • Reduces cached thoughts
        • Allows slower thinkers to practice thinking