Fresh fruit or gooey chocolate cake, think fast, what is your choice?
Beware: Your choice may be dictated by the number of things on your mind.
I listened to a fascinating program on public radio www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/. They site a study: people were asked to memorize a series of numbers, containing either 2 or 7 digits. Then, they were asked to walk down a hall to another room where they’d need to report their numbers.
In the hallway, unexpectedly, a hostess asked each person if they would like a snack; she offered fruit salad or big fat piece of chocolate cake. Almost always, the people with 7 numbers on their minds chose cake;the people with 2 numbers chose fruit.
The conclusion - you make better choices when you have less things going on in your mind! If you have too many things going on your emotional mind override your logic and goes for the comfort food.
The task - how in a busy world do you minimize the ’stuff’ in your head?
For me it is a combination of two things:
1. Making a prioritized “to do” list.
2. Staying centered, focused and balanced.
When I do this, my choice is even better than fruit, it is brocolli!
How about you?
