Quick Spoon: The path of least resistance

What's driving the choices we make at work?In my conversation with Dr Ryan Kemp, we were talking about addiction and how a person's experience of time can become compressed around the immediate.Ryan described part of his therapeutic role as helping people with addictions to expand that time horizon — to consider not just the immediate consequences of their actions, but the medium- and longer-term implications.That got me thinking about something I see quite often in my own work: the path of least resistance.We avoid the difficult conversation.We put off the thing we know we need to do.We go for the quick win.We choose what's going to make today a little easier.And sometimes that's absolutely fine.But sometimes the short-term gain comes at the expense of something that matters more in the longer term.So here's your Quick Spoon:Am I choosing this because it's what matters, or because it's the easiest option right now?A small question that might just help you widen the time horizon before you act.🎧 This Quick Spoon comes from my conversation with Dr Ryan Kemp, When the future gets smaller: Dr Ryan Kemp on addiction.People Soup: Real conversations about work, leadership, and being human — grounded in behavioural science, with practical ideas you can actually use.If this episode resonated with you, please consider following People Soup, leaving a rating or review, or sharing it with someone who might find it useful.Every recommendation helps more people discover practical, evidence-based conversations about work, leadership and being human.Transcending Addiction by Ryan KempConnect with Ryan on LinkedIn