Cascading Choice Theory: Our choices can trigger a temporary narrative change that increases the probability of making choices that favor the new narrative.
Narratives help us understand our world. They weave together the pieces of our lives into a story. This is how we tell the story of our life. They can be created for any interval of time to summarize it. Sometimes we can create short term narratives that are temporary. These can be caused by choices we make and will influence the succeeding choices while you hold the temporary narrative. This is what is meant by a cascading choice.
What This Means
One choice can have an outsized effect on the succeeding choices. This means that our choices would then break off from being independent and cloud our logic. It can exaggerate good and bad decisions; creating momentum for certain kinds of choices. You want to be able to identify it as soon as possible when it happens. Identifying it will allow you to actively try to break the chain. The objective is to decouple the current decision from the temporary narrative.
An Example
Eating habits are a great example. When we eat something we weren’t supposed to, we start to believe that we have ruined the day. This leads us to not making smart decisions later in the day. When making a decision later in the day, you have to make sure to consciously decouple the narrative that you ruined the day. Another would be spending money on something that you didn’t need then thinking you are bad with money. This leads you to make other bad purchases.
