Summary Of Daniel Levitin's Ted Talk

So what is Daniel Levitin trying to say in his Ted talk. Well essentially he is recommending that you organize your life and be prepared for situations. His belief is that by staying organized and prepared you will lower the possibility of getting stressed. For example he locked himself out of his house the night before his flight. So in his stressed mindset he broke into his own home and later that day he forgot his passport barely making his flight. If he had stayed organized that possibility wouldn’t have occurred. In preparation for him possibly getting locked out again he placed a combination keypad. The concept that he recommends is formerly known as pre-mortem or in layman's terms foresight. Many of the stressors in my life are due to

me not being prepared as I procrastinate much of what I should do. Personally how I deal with these are that I just ignore them until they are finally able to ensnare me. No, it isn’t the best or smartest way to live but it’s worked out so far. But I know that I must be prepared as some of the work I do now can’t be done in a night. So this concept of foresight does resonate with me.