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How to focus on the present moment
How to cultivate empathy and understanding towards others
How to set personal and professional goals
How to see differently
- Embody the fact that everything you do is grounded in your assumptions. If you don't accept that, you'll never create the possibility of seeing differently.
- The next step is to identify your assumptions and question them.
Questioning assumptions is very difficult, especially if that assumption defines who you are. Your brain will do everything possible to avoid that uncertainty. That is why the brain will rather grab at things like confirmation bias, where we'll look for evidence to confirm what we assume to be true.
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Taking the next small step
Something only looks creative from the outsider's perspective, not from the creative person's view.
The creative person is just making a logical next step. But from the observers' point of view, the ideas are much further apart.
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The brain only does small steps in its ideas
Whenever you're in a moment, your brain will only shift you to the next most likely possibility. And the next most likely possibility is determined by the assumptions you make. This is called the space of possibility.
What is possible is based on your history. All a creativ...
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We want certainty
Every behaviour we do is to increase certainty and reduce uncertainty. The stress resulting from uncertainty is immense in our society.
- It increases brain cell death.
- It decreases plasticity.
- It makes you a more extreme version of yourself.
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Making assumptions
Every time you take a step, you make hundreds of assumptions. For example, the floor will not give way, your legs will hold you up, and the surface is not a hole.
But assumptions can also get in the way because what was once helpful may no longer apply.
A profound question is...
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Socratic questioning to establish first principles
- Clarifying your thinking and explaining the origins of your ideas (Why do I think this?);
- Challenging assumptions (How do I know this is true?)
- Looking for evidence (How can I back this up? )
- Considering alternative perspectives (What might...
Common cognitive biases
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect: You believe that you're smarter or more skilled than you are, which prevents you from admitting your limitations and weaknesses.
- Confirmation Bias: When you welcome information that you agree with while disregarding evide...
Embrace the investigative mindset
- Assume nothing
- Believe nothing
- Challenge and check everything
It is hard to resist our automatic assumptions and our need for closure. Therefore, always ask yourself what you do know and what you ...
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