William Curb
speaker
2,678 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 14 Aug
William Curb’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And right there, next to that far away alarm clock.
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we can have our physical checklist of our end of day shutdown routine.
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This could include writing down exactly what we were working on so we know where to start the next day, clearing any of the trash off our desk, and
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Closing out the forty-five browser tabs that are no longer relevant, and maybe even turning off the computer completely.
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Could we skip these steps?
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Yes.
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Yes we could.
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But again, the point of the system is
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Isn't to magically control us.
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It's to get us to interact with our own past intentions.
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It's not simply about a passive reminder.
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It's about the physical action involved.
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Because when push comes to shove, it doesn't matter what we've set up.
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We are still in charge of all the things we choose to do and what we choose not to do.
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However, the more inevitability we can build into our physical environment, the better off we're going to be when we have bad brain days.
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And this is vital to keep in mind, because not all of the systems in our lives were intentionally set up by us.
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Think about how easy it is to just pick up your phone and start scrolling when it is always directly next to your hand.
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That sirens call is a lot easier to ignore when the phone is physically out of reach.
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Or imagine having twenty sticky notes stuck around your monitor to remind you to do things.
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Of course none of them remind you to do anything because your brain can't process twenty competing triggers.
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