Principlev1
Anchor emotional differentiation check-ins to high-exposure
Anchor emotional differentiation check-ins to high-exposure moments—after meetings, after media consumption, and when mood shifts without personal trigger—rather than attempting continuous monitoring.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Emotional contagion is an automatic, pre-conscious (contagion is automatic), Behavior requires an initiating signal to occur at a (behavior requires initiating signal), and Implementation intentions (if-then plans) significantly (implementation intentions increase goal attainment). The principle prescribes strategic rather than continuous differentiation practice, anchored to moments of highest absorption risk.