The blog post has been adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book The Power of Moments. The “Trial of Human Nature” of Hillsdale High School in US has become iconic for the moment it creates for parents every year and is the reason for such recall value.
Chip and Dan Heath quote this drama in The Power of Moments and highlight that this is how memorable experiences get created.
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The insight adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s best selling book The Power Of Moments, illuminates us on ways to THINK in MOMENTS and make them special..
“Transitions should be marked, milestones commemorated, and pits filled. That’s the essence of thinking in moments.”
The Power of Moments
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For things to change behaviour of people have to change.The change needs to impact both the rational and emotional brain.
Three steps to effect the change:
1) Directing the rational brain by a) Following the bright spots b) Scripting Critical Moves and c) Pointing to the destination
2) Motivating the emotional brain by a) Finding the right feeling b)Shrinking the change to a minimum & c) Helping people grow
3) Shaping the path from start to destination by a) Tweaking the environment to change behavior b) Build habit forming behavior & c) Rallying the herd letting the good behavior spread as a disease
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
For things to change behaviour of people have to change.The change needs to impact both the rational and emotional brain.
Three steps to effect the change:
1) Directing the rational brain by a) Following the bright spots b) Scripting Critical Moves and c) Pointing to the destination
2) Motivating the emotional brain by a) Finding the right feeling b)Shrinking the change to a minimum & c) Helping people grow
3) Shaping the path from start to destination by a) Tweaking the environment to change behavior b) Build habit forming behavior & c) Rallying the herd letting the good behavior spread as a disease
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
Three steps involved in helping the rational mind focus towards a goal even when it is faced with a problematic situation:
1) Focus on the bright spots
2) Provide crystal clear direction to reach from start to finish
3) Script the critical moves involved with the above two points
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
Truly infinite minded great leaders understand the psychology of their team members to perfection
When faced with crisis situationsn, the natural instinct of the rational mind is to think too much about the problems.
The emotional or limbic brain as well , lacks direction from the rational brain and sends negative vibes
A visionary calms down the rational mind with crystal clear direction to remove any ambiguity.Such a direction by focusing on bright spots send right signals to the limbic brain.
To add on to this , the leader motivated motivates the limbic brain by showing the way to dispel any negativity
These end up inspiring the teams to fight crisis situations.
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
The human rational brain has an inherent tendency to look out for problems
When faced with change the problems associated with the change take centre stage.
The best way to thus calm down the rational brain is to provide a crystal clear direction that the rational brain can follow to avoid ambiguity.
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
Whenever we are faced with a crisis , problem or epidemic the rational brain of human beings has too many questions to answer.
When faced with a multitude of options , the rational brain undergoes “analysis paralysis”
In such a situation very seldom people think “Whats working right now?”If we do and focus on the bright spots several new vistas open up.
Adopted from the book titled “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath
The inherent tendency of the human brain is to resist change
The rational brain or neo cortex has the ability to perform complex analysis but when faced with change , fear or negativity is the most natural by product
The elephant brain or limbic brain understands only signals and when directed by rational brain in a negative manner leads to development of stress and strain
The ideal way to adopt change is to influence both the rational and limbic brain
The rational brain needs to made aware of the bright spots and needs to be provided a crystal clear sense of direction to dissipate fear
On the other hand the limbic brain needs to be constantly motivated with positive vibes to focus on the positives
Adopted from the book titled “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath
The inherent tendency of the human brain is to resist change
The rational brain or neo cortex has the ability to perform complex analysis but when faced with change , fear or negativity is the most natural by product
The elephant brain or limbic brain understands only signals and when directed by rational brain in a negative manner leads to development of stress and strain
The ideal way to adopt change is to influence both the rational and limbic brain
The rational brain needs to made aware of the bright spots and needs to be provided a crystal clear sense of direction to dissipate fear
On the other hand the limbic brain needs to be constantly motivated with positive vibes to focus on the positives
Adopted from the book titled “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath
