how do people understand time?

Question # 1

Do you live in the past, present or the future?

http://changingminds.org/explanations/values/common_concerns.htm

The past Now The future

Learn from history.Continue traditions.

Live right now. Plan for tomorrow. Be prepared.

The nearer you are to equator, in an environment where climate doesn’t change, the more present oriented you are.

Sourceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmghttp://hotwomenonthecentralline.wikispaces.com/

Catholics tend to be oriented towards past or present.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg

Question # 2

How fast do you live your life?

Compared to collectivistic cultures, individualistic cultures move faster. There is urgency to make every moment count.

Levine, Robert: A Geography of Time, location 500.

Anglo-American culture is addicted to rapid and perpetual action and change, in everything from fashion to entertainment to the homes and cities where people live.

Levine, Robert: A Geography of Time, location 917.http://www.businessinsider.com/how-different-cultures-understand-time-2014-5#ixzz34FgrZ6Nc

People in warmer places operate on slower internal clocks.

Levine, Robert: A Geography of Time, location 462 and 646.

http://www.sportsclb.com/usain-bolt/

Exception: Usain Bolt of Jamaica

Bill Gates spends a week twice a year in a waterfront

cottage to think about the future without any interruption.

Similarly, Warren Buffett insists on spending a lot of time almost every day to sit and think.

https://hbr.org/2015/09/5-strategy-questions-every-leader-should-make-time-for

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Learning-strategies-1487708

Question # 3

How important is it for you to stick to a fixed schedule?

http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-culture-map-8-scales-for-work-2015-1

In the USA, Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria and Scandinavia, people have - in general - a linear vision of time and action. Time is wasted when no decisions are being made or actions being taken.

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-different-cultures-understand-time-2014-5#ixzz34FgrZ6Nc

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-you-make-decisions-2058027

Question # 4

How long term oriented are you?

Studies show that long term orientation first decreases and then increases with GDP per capita.

http://www.na-businesspress.com/jabe/coxweb12-6.pdf

Long term orientation

GDP per capitahttp://www.na-businesspress.com/jabe/coxweb12-6.pdf

With an increase in income, individuals tend to initially increase spending and decrease savings.

As GDP per capita continues to improve living conditions and longevity, individual savings must increase to accommodate retirement needs.

http://www.na-businesspress.com/jabe/coxweb12-6.pdf

The problem is when you are hungry and you have malaria and you just want to feed your kids, you are not thinking long term.

http://mediastorm.com/publication/african-air, minute 6.