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Thu 2006-06-08 12:59 |
Are you thinking of a specific thing you did?
But of course, I think we're all familiar with this behaviour. I can think of two common causes:
(a) We're overly optimistic about how well we will act
(b) We act apparently illogically in a crisis when we allow an immediate want (eg. getting further from a mugger) overrule a longer term want (eg. escaping from a mugger) because we don't have time to think, and revert to something instinctive.
We can:
(a) Consider objectively what we're likely to do, taking into account how often we and other people are right about that
(b) Practice the behaviour we want until it becomes automatic. |
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