When was the last time you questioned an expert’s view or opinion? The status that comes with being perceived as ‘an expert’ can lead to expertise never being questioned and blindly followed, even when it leads to life and death outcomes.
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Struggling to keep focused? Especially when doing systematic, logical and methodical tasks? This should come as no surprise to anyone. The very nature of the thinking processes involved in this type of activity are effortful and slow. Our brain often kicks against it, craving distraction and ease from effort. A simple technique that recognises this reality is the ‘Pomodoro Technique’. It proposes that we break down effortful thinking and activity into bite-sized chunks.
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When you want to make a change or an improvement do you tend to start from scratch or do you look for a similar idea elsewhere? Many of us start from scratch because it’s not always obvious that a precursor for an idea already exists which could prove helpful to adapt from. Why isn’t it obvious? Because many precursor ideas come from different industries, parts of life or separate places that you may not naturally be exposed to.
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The more information you have, the better, right? Well not always. There’s a fundamental fact that we need to get to grips with. More information doesn’t necessarily lead to better decisions.
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When was the last time you wasted time? When did you find the space to start thinking about something, not knowing what will come of it?
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When are you at your most productive? Many of us think that our brain activates when we ask it to do something and it is less productive when resting. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Expertise can’t always help us make wiser decisions. Sometimes, it actually gets in our way. This happens if we trip up on the details we’ve cherry picked out as being important, at the expense of the bigger picture.
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It’s well known that being exposed to lots of noise is harmful – it raises blood pressure, increases stress levels and hampers performance. However, in contrast, the benefits of silence for our brains are more recently being established.
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