Implications of rule based bahaviors is that they become easy to identify them, note their shorter term and longer term implications; if so, then one gains knowledge to do the right thing and may even have motivation to do the right thing.
‘ I am able to get distracted again and again, and I have not seen anything bad happen as a consequence of that aimless browsing’ Liban’s rule based behavior with regard to browsing and not pursuing things important to him. Stressing consequences and immediate punishment helps.
When Liban finishes presentation, he enters another state where pleasure browsing is not tempting and awareness is present; the same applies when he meditates, does tai chi and takes a long walk or works on a project for a long time, and so on; he gets a glimpse of better state
He plans to do both of these. He also did not work on business plan; even though, he slept well, cleaned and organized his room, exercised, ate balanced diet and focused on chosen tasks without much distraction.
Liban presented irritability; he used rubber band to punish expression of irritability; when irritation increases, rationality decreases; ‘ I appreciated the principle of quantity’ he said, using the principle of ‘anything goes’
When Liban persues things for their own sake, he complains about ‘ not engaged in goal oriented activities’ yet he does not want to pursue goal oriented activities because it ‘does not feel good’; for this reason he does not want to work on politics and security of Somalia
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