Adopted from the following great insight shared by David Rock from the book Your Brain at Work, enlightens us on the innate working of the human brain.
“We all often think about what’s easy to think about, rather than what’s right to think about.”
Tag: Human brain
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Human beings are hardwired to protect ourselves
Our brains are hardwired to protect ourselves.
We AVOID DANGER and seek out places in which we FEEL SAFE.
The best place is to be AMONG OTHERS around whom we feel safe and we know will protect us.
The most ANXIETY inducing place is to be ALONE , where we feel we have to protect ourselves from the PEOPLE in our OWN TEAM.
Fear can push us to CHOOSE the best FINITE option at the risk of doing INFINITE DAMAGE.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
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Human brain – Know these guys and relate them to our day to day emotions
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Pointers to some key features which play a huge role in our day to day activities –
1) Human Brain consists of a) limbic Brain – Emotional inherited from apes & b) Neo cortex – Rational Brain this is the New Brain unique to humans and makes them special.
2) Left & Right Brain – Left Brain for analytical processing -IQ whereas Right Brain for getting a big picture – EQ
3) Some major parts of brain related to emotions-
A) Amygdala – Almond shaped and a key part of limbic brain related to ebb and flow of emotions.
B) Hippocampus – Related to long term memory
C) Basal Ganglia – Responsible for habit pattern formation.
D) Fusiform gurus – Responsible for identification of facial patterns.