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As Stone says, "This always on, anywhere, anytime, anyplace era has created an artificial sense of constant crisis. What happens to mammals in a state of constant crisis is the adrenalized fight-or-flight mechanism kicks in. It's great when tigers are chasing us. How many of those five hundred emails a day is a tiger?" Despite
we see the world as we are, not as the world is.
testing out models, and then refining everything further, I developed a set of ideas that was transforming people's ability
They need leaders who help them shine, who help them fulfill their potential at work.
Bring your dopamine or adrenaline level down by activating other regions of the brain other than the prefrontal cortex.
Studies of teenage behavior shows that the terrible teens is not a biological necessity, as a number of cultures don't experience this phenomenon. A study of teenagers in Western cultures found that these teenagers have fewer choices than a felon in prison. Food for thought. Finding a way to make a choice, however small, seems to have a measurable impact on the brain, shifting you from an away response to a toward response.
One final insight about prioritizing involves getting disciplined about what you don't put on the stage. This means not thinking when you don't have to, becoming disciplined about not paying attention to non-urgent tasks unless, or until, it's truly essential that you do.
Schedule blocks of time for different modes of thinking.
Microsoft has a division that studies the way people work, to develop efficiency-improving software. (According to Microsoft's research up to 2007, if you're looking for a technological solution to being more efficient, getting a bigger computer screen is one of the few clear winners.)
study done at the University of London found that constant emailing and text-messaging reduces mental capability by an average of ten points on an IQ test.
A study done at the University of London found that constant emailing and text-messaging reduces mental capability by an average of ten points on an IQ test. It was five points for women, and fifteen points for men. This effect is similar to missing a night's sleep. For men, it's around three times more than the effect of smoking cannabis.
We all often think about what's easy to think about, rather than what's right to think about.
Your brain craves patterns and searches for them endlessly. THOMAS B. CZERNER (2001)
