Scientific Definition
Our decisions are influenced by when events occur or when we evaluate them.
Plain-English Definition
Our decisions are influenced by when events occur or when we evaluate them.
Feynman Explanation
The timing of a question changes the answer.
Core Principle
Our decisions are influenced by when events occur or when we evaluate them.
Mechanisms
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Our decisions are influenced by when events occur or when we evaluate them.
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Meeting timing and decision fatigue shape outcomes.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
The timing of a question changes the answer.
Examples
- A decision made at the end of a long meeting differs from one made fresh.
- Meeting timing and decision fatigue shape outcomes.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Schedule critical decisions when people are fresh and alert.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Schedule critical decisions when people are fresh and alert.
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Interactive Mini Network
Click any neighbor to re-center the graph and follow the threads of connection.
Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
An automatic action triggered by a stable cue — built through repetition.
A present-bias kink (β) on top of exponential discounting (δ): immediate rewards get a bonus, all future rewards trade normally.
How vividly we connect to our future self predicts long-term decision quality.
Creative work needs blocks of hours; managerial work runs on 30-minute slices. They destroy each other when mixed.
Pre-allocate every hour to a category before the day starts.
The relative valuation we place on rewards now vs. later — and how steeply we discount.
Tad James's extension of NLP working with how the unconscious organizes past, present, and future spatially to release stuck emotion.
Small advantages, applied consistently, become uncatchable.
How much we value the present over the future.
A single habit whose adoption cascades into many other behavior changes.
Where you can go is constrained by where you've been.
People preferentially process experience visually, auditorily, or kinesthetically. Match the channel; match the mind.