Stronger Faster Better

Question 1

Key indicators of success

Answer 1

Internal locus of control. Perception of control

Question 2

If you are struggling with motivation

Answer 2

Give yourself choices. They make you feel in charge and make you question what you value. Which reminds you of purpose which leads to believing in higher purpose

Question 4

Automation on airplane

Answer 4

Pre automation, pilots were in charge of so many calculations they would get overwhelmed and were unable to discern what to focus on in the moment.

Question 5

Overwhelmed

Answer 5

Easy to lose focus or forget. Bc I’m a freezer, I feel fog overtake me.

Question 6

Heuristics

Answer 6

Cognitive automations that allow us to multitask. They let us choose what to pay attention to and what to ignore. They help productivity, but cripples our attention span

Question 7

Shifting attention

Answer 7

Errors are more likely when our attention is forced to toggle between automaticity and focus.

Question 8

Cognitive tunneling

Answer 8

A mental glitch that sometimes occurs when our brains are forced to transition abruptly from relaxed automation to panicked attention

Question 9

The attention span

Answer 9

Is like a spotlight that can go wide and diffused or tight and focused. It follows intention. When we let external automation be in control, we dim that focus and allow it to wander around in an effort to conserve energy and relax

Question 10

Dimming focus

Answer 10

Allowing your focus to wander is an effort to conserve brain energy and helps us subconsciously control stress levels and brainstorm, we don’t have to constantly monitor our environment.

Question 12

Blinded by the information that was easiest to grasp

Answer 12

Asking why and telling the story helps you dig deeper and make more connections.

Question 13

People who are particularly good at managing their attention do these 6 things

Answer 13

1. Propensity to create pictures in their mind of how things should look
2. Tell themselves stories about what’s going on as it happens.
3. Narrate their own stories in their head
4. More likely to answer in anecdotes than simple responses
5. When they daydream, they are imagining future conversations
6. They visualize their day with much more specificity than the rest of us.

Question 14

Mental models

Answer 14

Mental outlines and visualizations of future or current reality

Question 15

Emergency thinking

Answer 15

Cognitive tunneling and reactive thinking both occur when our mental spotlights go from dim to bright in a split second

Question 17

Think probabilistically

Answer 17

Not about certainty. About understanding odds and making smart bets

Question 18

Baysian thinking

Answer 18

Complex predicting…formula? that requires running many scenarios to get a full picture and make the best prediction

Question 20

Think probableistically

Answer 20

Learn this. Don’t be afraid of uncertainty. The future is endless possibilities. Weigh options and make intentional decisions.