Speaker 1: I love asking questions, and the reason why is because
the fund begins when you start researching for answers such as,
what's this sudden shift in retail? Buy one, get one
free seems to be what we did yesterday? What are
we doing today? Plus are we afraid of the future.
My name is Arrow. I'm a daily writer, a silent wolf.
I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen, study,
then activate. I call it the daily mess, a chronological
walk through in everyday world. Yep, it's my morning pages.
As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people
tend to throw things to the side because we think
we're gonna deal with it later. Well, when a subject
arrives inside of me, I know it's time to dig in.
It's still keeping that daily journal, but by doing the research,
the picture becomes clearer. This is the daily mess. The
term bogo buy one, get one This is not as
common as it used to be. Companies such as grocery
stores have up the annie by two get three free.
Insiders say it's to increase sales, manage inventory, and attract
new customers. Stores actually boost their revenue and reduce the
likelihood of leftover stock. Customers see this as being something
of value Psychologically, it gets into our consumer thought process
and truly does encourage us to add additional items to
our shopping carts. Bundling items is proving to be a
modern day winner. Sadly, though, not all consumers are keeping up.
Many people think you can still buy one, get one free,
or get a big discount. They don't realize it truly
means buy two, get three free. You have to have
all five. They don't want that many, and it sends
a sudden shift in disliking that business into their emotions.
Another promotional move is to offer digital coupons for products
they're using QR codes. Not too many consumers are jumping
into this world, mainly because it requires effort. Nobody wants
to work for three dollars off. Hey, coming up next.
Are we afraid of the future? Hey, thanks for coming
back to the daily mess. Are people afraid of the
future wait wait wait, wait wait wait wait? Afraid of
the future or dreading the future? The two completely are
different experiences. Dread is described as being anticipatory fear, But
isn't that fear, It's actually fear tripping, a type of
fear that gains strength by way of anticipating something that's
going to happen in the future. Fear itself is an
immediate response to a present moment or threat. Anticipatory fear
puts focus on the possibility of their being negative outcomes.
Fear is centered on the immediacy of this moment of
right now. Learning the difference between the two helps you
in the department of understanding your mindsets and triggers. Are
your feelings right now because of something that is physically
happening right now, or is your heart and imagination writing
a story that hasn't happened, but the future event has
your attention. Physical versus possibility. Mental health experts say fear
is looked upon as being short lived, whereas anticipatory fear
is going to stretch its mighty wings until the moment
arrives in the future. This is why a lot of
people do fear the future. I'm Merril, and that's the
daily mess