Full to overflowing

Finding time to notice

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In my post on Sunday, I identified capacity - or, more accurately, our lack of it - as an issue that seems likely to be with us for a good while yet.

At this point, I’d normally cite the studies that confirm our reactions to working at capacity for extended periods. For today’s thoughts, though, I’d like to revert to more human and sensory experiences and reflect for a few words on what I feel, what I see around me, and what I hear from others, free of the need to prove it.

Data is a wonderful tool but a poor master. It is far too easy to dismiss what our senses tell us because the “evidence” says we’re wrong. Mimesis is a powerful force (from the Greek mimos "imitator, mimic, actor, mime, buffoon"). Quite simply, we tend to follow those around us. Jim Rohn suggested we become the average of the five people we most associate with, which I think is broadly but not totally true; today, technology exposes us to far more influence, even though mimes…