We must, those of us who are able, struggle to remain largely conscious, and struggle to see, to identify, to name our demons in order to disarm them and transform them, for as long as we can, wherever we can, whenever we can.
Automatic processes operate effortlessly, and largely outside conscious control.
The so-called rules of chivalry, whether they governed combat (real warfare or jousting) or courtesy (elegant speech and good manners), were largely self-conscious borrowings from the fictional world of romance.
And these connections are built up over time, a process that happens largely without our conscious awareness, and without our conscious knowledge that we are using them to influence our reactions and behavior.
We may think that what we believe and do is largely under our conscious control, and we may believe that we should try to increase this control by the conscious exercise of reasoning and will power, but Brooks says that this is all wrong.
The governor's independence from the White House on issues like air pollution and global warming cannot hurt him in an environmentally conscious, largely Democratic state.
Furthermore, behavior change may depend upon psychological processes that are largely outside of conscious awareness and therefore not accessible by self-report measures.
Indeed, it has been suggested that most human behaviour occurs outside of awareness, cued by stimuli in environments and resulting in actions that may be largely unaccompanied by conscious reflection (Marteau 2012; Neal 2006).
That didn't work, but customers can still order dinner at 11 p.m. Obliging, deferential waiters deliver diverse dishes (barbecued quail, grilled asparagus, Japanese breaded chicken breast) to an appreciative, value-conscious, largely local clientele.
It's not going to be young people, because Major League Baseball's entire recent business model, including last week's settlement, has been built on restricting cost-conscious, largely young cord-cutters from their product.
No fears of cannibalization here: Aroma's largely single, health-conscious and female customer-base has a mere 3% overlap with the Happy Meal crowd.
