Behavior Design: 3 Environment Changes that Uncluttered my Mind and Life

1. David Ngo
Behavior Design Applied:
3 Environment Changes
that Uncluttered my
Mind and Life

2. 1. Take Everything Off:
Time Spent: 3 minutes
Result: Sharpened Focus at the Task at Hand
I would only put one task at a
time on the table.
For example, if I’m working
on brainstorming new ideas, I
would only put my
brainstorming material on the
desk.
How to take everything off
in
3 min?
Grab a box, dump everything inside
(if work at a office)
Move everything to on top of your
bed (if in college). You’ll move it later.

3. 2. Simplicity at First Sight:
Time Spent: 5 minutes
Result: Return home happy
Imagine returning home,
getting to the front door,
inserting the key, opening the
door and the first thing you
see is clutter, messiness, and
disorganization.
For working adults, this is the
moment of transitioning from
work to home every day.
For college students, we go
back to our dorms multiple
times a day.
Each time, what is waiting for
you when you open the door?
Make it positive.
Make it simple.

4. 3. Clean Icons:
Time Spent: 6 minutes
Result: Task Efficiency & Compliments :)
If you don’t have a smartphone with
apps, you will in the near future.
Don’t let it get cluttered.
If you already have one, did you
organize it that fits the way that your
brain thinks?
How many times do we open up our
phones?
Each time we open our phones up,
it should be an AWESOME
EXPERIENCE.
Organized icons might not be an
AWESOME experience for you, but
at least it will not be a frustrating
one.

5. dngo11@stanford.edu
Hey everyone,
I’m David Ngo and I created
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Stanford’s first Behavior Design Design Major Proposal
major.
I love applying psychology to Link to How to Sharpen Focus on
designing solutions for any Task at Hand for College Students
problem. But one of my
prevailing passions have been to
designing and living a fulfilling
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life.
Areas include, productivity,
lifestyle, and goal achievement.