Lessons tagged “defaults”
21 published lessons with this tag.
Designed agents replace default agents
Every deliberate agent you create replaces an unconscious default.
The default option framework
Define good defaults so that the do-nothing option is acceptable.
Your environment shapes your choices more than your will does
The structure of your environment determines your default behavior.
Default choices are the most powerful choices
Most decisions are made by default — design defaults that serve you.
The path of least resistance
People follow the easiest path — make the desired path the easiest.
Choice architecture for teams
The same principles that work for personal choice architecture work for teams.
Tool defaults matter
Configure your tools defaults to support your most common workflows.
Identify your current defaults
What do you do when you have free time no agenda or feel bored — those are your defaults.
Defaults can be designed
You can deliberately choose what your default behaviors are.
The productive default
Setting a productive default means unstructured time naturally flows to something valuable.
The healthy default
Default food choices default exercise patterns default sleep behaviors.
The social default
How you behave by default in social situations reflects your automated social programming.
The stress default
What you do automatically when stressed is one of your most important defaults to design.
The boredom default
What you reach for when bored reveals and reinforces your default patterns.
Phone-checking as a default
Compulsive phone-checking is a default behavior that can be replaced.
Default replacement strategy
Replace an unproductive default with a specific productive alternative.
Environmental defaults
What your environment makes easiest to do becomes your behavioral default.
Default emotional response
Your automatic emotional reaction to events is a default that can be redesigned.
The default override
The ability to notice a default activating and choose differently is a key skill.
Excellent defaults make an excellent life
When your automatic behaviors are all well-designed your baseline quality of life is high.
Environmental design replaces willpower
Changing your environment is more effective than mustering more willpower.