E D I T O R ’ S M E S S A G E J i m W i m s a t t – H a r r i s , H u n t & D e r r , P . A .
Summertime : Focusonrestingandrecharging
mymantrathissummerhasbeentwowords , “ Simple . local .”
Summertime brings thoughts of hot days , cool water , travel and family . I hope that everyone has had the opportunity over this summer to take some time for themselves and for their families or loved ones to rest and recharge . Many people also use periods of rest to try to plan for the future and coming months . I read a quote recently from a behavioral scientist , Katy Milkman , that made me pause in my own goal setting . In discussing how , according to studies , when a person is presented with an unbalanced scale , and told to balance it , the majority of humans will add weight to the lighter side instead of subtracting it from the heavier side , Dr . Milkman stated , “ We ’ re adders , not subtractors .” Our natural , human instinct when it comes to behavioral change is to add something , rather than see if there is something that we could take away to simplify our lives and allow us to focus on the change we are trying to implement .
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