Pile On Motivation

Category: Motivational

  • Why “loneliness” is inherently stressful?

    Our human brains right from the caveman times , have longed for social connections. Being in the company of like minded people whom we can trust makes us feel safe and secure. Had this not been a biological constant , how could have societies , countries & even organizations formed with like minded people. There…

  • Sense of “Status” as a factor in emotional arousal of the brain

    David Rock in his book “Your Brain At Work” makes a mention of “Status” as a key factor in the SCARF framework for emotion arousal of the human brain. A sense of “Status” has been found to release neurotransmitters such as “dopamine” , “serotonin” as well as testosterone to make a person feel “at ease”…

  • Why “face to face” conversations have more impact than “virtual” ones

    Face to Face conversations lead to more engagement since via noticing body language and because of physical presence , the “mirror neurons” in our brains are activated. When there is a wavelength match during the face to face conversation the  “mirror neurons” actively participate in the flow of positive emotional energy and a “toward” emotional…

  • Why accepting “unfair” judgement is very stressful to the brain

    David Rock in his book “Your Brain At Work” makes a mention of the fact that human brain emits negative responses when subjected to “unfairness“. Especially noteworthy are those situations wherein we accept “Unfair” judgments since during this time our natural negative emotional arousal of the limbic brain(conveyed via insula) would be overriden by the…

  • Sense of “Fairness” & its importance in human emotional responses

    David Rock in his book “Your Brain At Work” makes a mention of “Fairness” as one of the key factors in his SCARF framework to influence the human brain emotional responses. Human brain is naturally oriented towards fairness and hence unfairness is treated as a negative emotional response. The “limbic brain” inclusive of amygdala &…

  • Factors that determine our “limbic brain” emotional responses

    David Rock in his book “Your Brain At Work” has talked about a framework that we can follow in order to encourage our “limbic” brain to tilt towards positive emotional responses , come what may be the situation. SCARF framework & the factors in this acronym determine the arousal towards negative “away” or  positive “toward”…

  • Expectations and their relationship with “Dopamine”

    David Rock in his book “Your Brain At Work” talks at length about the relationship of human expectations & their interrelationships with the limbic brain. “Dopamine” is a neurotransmitter which is conjunction with nucleus accumbens plays a major role in reward and motivational behavior in humans. Amygdala is the region of the brain responsible for…

  • Old Brain vs New Brain – Unknown facts

    Our limbic part of the brain has been inherited from apes and is known as the “Old Brain”.This understands only symbols & signals and has no power for rational thinking. A couple of noteworthy components are HippoCampus & Amygdala. Whereas hippocampus stores long term emotional memory for later recall and reflection , Amygdala acts as…

  • Practicing “Mindfulness” to stay “present”

    David Rock makes a mention of this fact in his book “Your Brain At Work”. The most difficult part of “Mindfulness” is remembering to be mindful. We should give ourselves a chance to sense the signals provided by the brain. As a ritual the author mentions that before a sumptuous dinner , the entire family…

  • Handling high state of “emotional arousal”

    The limbic part of our human brain is responsible for all emotions. A high state of emotional arousal is when performance starts deteriorating out of stress , tension , anxiety. A basic principle of the human brain suggests that a negative emotion has a far lasting impact than a positive emotion. Since the limbic brain…