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From the Ted Talk by Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of time
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So, time paradox, I want to agrue, the paradox of time perspective, is something that influences every decision you make, you're ttollay uwnarae of. Namely, the extent to which you have one of these biased time perspectives. Well there is actually six of them. There are two ways to be present-oriented. There is two ways to be past-oriented, two ways to be future. You can focus on past-positive, or past-negative. You can be present-hedonistic, namely you focus on the joys of life, or present-fatalist -- it doesn't matter, your life is controlled. You can be future-oriented, setting galos. Or you can be transcendental future: namely, life begins after death. Developing the mental flexibility to shift time perspectives fulidly depending on the ddnmeas of the situation, that's what you've got to learn to do.
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So, time paradox, I want to _____, the paradox of time perspective, is something that influences every decision you make, you're _______ _______ of. Namely, the extent to which you have one of these biased time perspectives. Well there is actually six of them. There are two ways to be present-oriented. There is two ways to be past-oriented, two ways to be future. You can focus on past-positive, or past-negative. You can be present-hedonistic, namely you focus on the joys of life, or present-fatalist -- it doesn't matter, your life is controlled. You can be future-oriented, setting _____. Or you can be transcendental future: namely, life begins after death. Developing the mental flexibility to shift time perspectives _______ depending on the _______ of the situation, that's what you've got to learn to do.
Solution
- argue
- unaware
- goals
- demands
- fluidly
- totally
Original Text
So, time paradox, I want to argue, the paradox of time perspective, is something that influences every decision you make, you're totally unaware of. Namely, the extent to which you have one of these biased time perspectives. Well there is actually six of them. There are two ways to be present-oriented. There is two ways to be past-oriented, two ways to be future. You can focus on past-positive, or past-negative. You can be present-hedonistic, namely you focus on the joys of life, or present-fatalist -- it doesn't matter, your life is controlled. You can be future-oriented, setting goals. Or you can be transcendental future: namely, life begins after death. Developing the mental flexibility to shift time perspectives fluidly depending on the demands of the situation, that's what you've got to learn to do.
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