Sam Gosling > Quotes

“Just because something makes sense after the fact doesn't mean it was obvious all along.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“Real change is possible, of course, but it's hard to achieve because you have to contend with your underlying biological predisposition as well as the pressures and daily obligations you have built into your routines.”
― Sam Gosling

“Much of the stuff we gather about us and the environments we create are there not to send messages about our identities but specifically to manage our emotions and thoughts.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“For a behavior to be part of your personality, it should be something that you do repeatedly.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“Not all behavior leaves physical remains. Smiling doesn’t, and neither does walking or talking. But the residue of actions that do leave their mark can tell us a lot about a person’s traits, values, and goals.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“Apparently, anxious people high on neuroticism are using the self-affirmations and inspirational messages of posters to regulate their tendency to worry about things and become blue. The posters are a visual form of self-medication.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“As we’ll see, a messy desk doesn’t always signal a messy mind”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“I further believe that personality seeps into walls and is slowly released. . .”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“importance of paying attention to location when considering identity claims. Placement determines the psychological function that the clue serves.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“Identity claims are either directed toward others or directed at the self, and both kinds have their own psychological functions.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

“Three broad mechanisms—identity claims, feeling regulators, and behavioral residue—seemed to connect people to the spaces that surrounded them.”
― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You