Mob Vs. Me Thinking

Recently Seth Godin in "Seth's Blog" posted on "Time shifting".  He described how people make decisions based on the "now".  There is a difference between the individual who may look slightly into the future regarding the decisions they are making now, versus the "mob" which makes decisions only on the "now".  

Mob Vs. Me Thinking

So it made me think about the difference between the "me" decision and the "mob" decision.  

"Me" has a single integrated brain. It has reflexes that can produce immediate responses, but it also has memory.  It's the memory of what has happened in the past that can modify the "me" current decision.  Moreover, that memory can influence the projection of what may occur in the future based on a decision "now".  You make decisions based on the past, present, and future. Hopefully, these are decisions that are optimal for your future. 

"Mob" has no such memory.  For that reason, it can only react at the moment.  The individuals of the mob interact like a network of brain cells that produce a reflex action in response to a stimulus.  That multi-person network has no ability to look back in the past, nor project into the future.  Mob only reacts in the present.  It has no past. It has no future.  For that reason, it's only concerned with the "now".  The mob's lifetime is only when there is a collection of people acting together.  Nothing before it forms, and nothing after it dispurses.  

Me Thinking

Reflex thinking is much like mob thinking.  While past experiences may have helped create the reflex in an individual, the future has no influence on reflex thinking.  

As individuals, we have the ability to think about our decisions. We have the ability to choose our decisions.  But that is true only when we stop and change our reflex decisions into conscious decisions.  Only then can we choose our decisions for optimal outcomes. 

It's important for people to take control over their decisions by conscious thought before deciding and acting on stimuli.  To do that will dramatically improve the quality of your decisions and the impact they have on your life.  

If you don't take control of your thoughts, your decisions will be no better than mob decisions.  

How do you make decisions?

Are you a mob thinker?

Or are you in control of your thoughts and decisions?