7 Brutal Truths About Definition

November 20, 2021

 

Definition

The thing that makes it so hard to be productive is that definitions are so subjective and so much of what we take for granted is not what we think it is. It’s very easy to think that we are doing things the right way when in reality we are doing things the wrong way.

As a result, our definitions can cause so much cognitive dissonance that we can come up with a completely different definition. For example, when we are trying to make a decision, we assume that one of the factors we have to consider is the level of specificity of the decision. But we don’t even think of that until we hit the "make a decision" button.


That kind of dissonance, however, can cause us to make a poor decision.


For example, if we had to choose between buying a car and buying an expensive house, we would probably choose a very expensive house. But because we have to make that decision and it has such a high degree of specificity, we would consider the car to be the more specific decision. This could cause us to make a bad choice.


In our real life, the most specific decision we can make is buying a car. If you have to choose between buying a house and driving a car, the car is more specific than the house, but the house is still more specific than the car. The car has more specificity so we get to make a good choice. But if we are forced to make a decision in a more general domain, we would probably choose the house.


This is good information for anyone who buys a car.


It’s just a matter of how much of your life you want to be able to spend in the car. We do a lot of the same things with cars we do with houses. For example, we like to think of the car as an extension of ourselves. If we buy a car, we become car people. This also means we have to choose the best car for us.


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That's why we make a great choice. We get to do what we like to do. We never have to get rid of a car we like. We can always get rid of a car we don't like and put a new one in its place. There's no point in buying a car that you hate, and then finding yourself having to buy a new car when you don't want to.


But there is a point in buying a car you don't like, it's a point in buying a car you don't like because you’re buying it to go somewhere.


That point is you need to use it to get there. Cars we buy for our jobs are the same way. If we buy a car because we have to go somewhere or work in a company, we do the same with our cars. You’re going to be using them to get to where you need to be.


It's a bad idea to buy a car you don't like because you don't need it to get to where you need to be. It's a bad idea to buy a car you don't like because it isn't as important as other things you have to do. But it can be done. We've all done it.

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