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Discussion on: Approachable Post-Termination Mindsets

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Environmental Design mindset: Thanks for helping me be more motivated to provide more value at my next job.

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Jen Chan

What’s environmental design?

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Environmental design is the term Benjamin Hardy uses to refer to designing your environment to get the results you want, or to live the life you want. It is the theme of his book "Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success", which is one of my favorite books. If you don't control your environment, your environment will control you, especially in our modern times of constant pulls for our attention. If you have to rely on willpower, that means you are fighting against yourself and your environment. We have neither absolute freedom nor no freedom at all, our current environment presents us with certain options, and we are free to choose between those. And within those choices, we can influence and design our environment over time.