Finally, not all decisions may be important in the grander scheme of things. Whatever the statistics are, we cannot deny being faced with a never-ending stream of decisions from the moment we crawl out of bed in the morning. Sometimes, seemingly small choices can have monumental consequences. We must not underestimate the butterfly effect. Commonly cited in chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the idea that a small change can result in much more significant events—one tiny incident can have a huge impact on the future. By ignoring email or other notifications on your phone (which we should
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