Episode Details

Why does a small thought turn into a whole afternoon? Because it goes up a funnel, and the funnel widens as it climbs.

Everything starts at a single point. One thought. Then a feeling gets added, then a story, then another story, and by the time you notice it, you are living near the top of the funnel with everybody else's stuff poured in too. You cannot do anything with a thought that is already three storeys up. But down at the point of origin it is just a thought. Four seconds of silence on a podcast is nothing, and by the top of the funnel it is a broken radio and a career ending.

One thing to try: When you catch yourself halfway up, name it. That is a story. Then go back down to the thought it started as.

In this episode

• (4:09) Why a funnel, and what widens as it goes
• (5:12) One thought, then feelings, then the 3D printer
• (6:27) Everything starts from a single point
• (7:36) Living near the top with everybody else's pressure
• (8:56) Halfway up the funnel and back to the point of origin
• (10:16) The emotions near the origin are different
• (11:21) Four seconds of silence and the story it becomes
• (13:51) How you get back down: you watch it happen

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Laurie

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Steven

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