We're talking about the consequences of symbols -- the mindsets, behaviors and actions that symbols drive.
Wherever the dream holds the most tension and resistance is usually where the invitation resides to our biggest learning that involves a fundamental shift in mindset, behavior or both.
This narrative drives our mindset, attitudes, behaviors and actions.
I pulled several books from the shelves to gather ideas on how to adjust mindset, modify behaviors and change the environment before counting your first calorie or forgoing your first dessert.
Modern technology makes life much easier, but in instances such as indicated above it's created an addictive mindset fostering rude behavior, and it's time for people to stop.
They involve multiple stakeholders and ultimately require lots of people and organizations to shift their mindset and behavior.
All these observations and studies on the impact of the built environment in people's mindset and behavior eventually translated into planning recommendations and design strategies through the work of Jan Gehl [12], among others.
Fortunately, leaders can break through this mindset and behavior pattern -- if they have the will to take the risk and the skill to do so dexterously.
The first step in any journey is learning where you are (really accepting where you are) and understanding what you need to work on to bring about mindset and behavior changes.
James Balog's Chasing Ice is no less eager to change the mindset and behavior of its audience than Inconvenient Truth; in fact, Balog explicitly states at the beginning that he is former climate change skeptic who has now seen the light, positioning his film as a hopeful catalyst for other similar transformations.
The moves come at a time when a growing number of on-demand apps like Uber, Lyft and one-day delivery services from Google or eBay, for example, have been influencing the urban consumer's mindset and behavior.
