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One experience, eight stages
A stimulus becomes an interpretation, which produces an emotion, which you feel — and, over time, settles into conditions, dispositions, virtues, and finally character. Step through each stage below.
Step 1 of 8
Stimulus
Trigger
Something happens. That's the stimulus. It hasn't meant anything yet — it's just the thing that occurred.
Duration
Instantaneous — a single moment or event
Origin
The world around you, your body, or your own thoughts
Purpose
To provide the raw material of experience. Without a stimulus there is nothing to interpret, and therefore nothing to feel.
Leads toInterpretation— meaning
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