Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

A recent research study at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig reported that bull-headedness could well be in your genes. Does that surprise you?

Some call it the …  never-say-die gene.  Others term it mulish. Whatever you call it ... an estimated one-third of the world’s population apparently has genes for stubbornness. Who are they?

You’ll often recognize willfulness in those who tend to hang in or run on … much like that ever ready battery … slugging along long after others give up. Any at your organization?

It seems that …  about 30 per cent of the population have the mutation, called the A1 mutation … researcher Dr Markus Ullsperger, said.  Interestingly … these people tend to generate lower levels of dopamine … a neurotransmitter that also helps in learning.

It’s seen as a genetic advantage to possess this A1 mutation. It also helps people press on … even in the face of criticism … and far longer than people who tend to failure by simply giving up or letting go.

Newly published research on this topic is also found in the journal … Nature. Here at Brain Based Business … we’ll also be following this study for another round … at a later date. Not that we need more proof that stubbornness is out there … but as a way to better understand its roots in the human brain. What do you think?