You could say the brain has a mind of its own when it comes to configuring conditions to match its own set expectations. That tendency becomes especially dangerous whenever it infiltrates any organization.
When should you care about this mental idiosyncrasy?
1. When you imagine a fellow worker gossips about you.
2. When you avoid paying bills out of fear your money will run out.
3. When you see yourself skinnier, fatter, wiser or dumber than others see you.
4. When you perceive others gain favors that you deserve more.
5. When you limit your ability for success or promotions.
Along with your brain’s task of creating patterns out of chaos … comes its related roles of tuning out some behaviors to make sense of others. can you see how a brain's tricks can limit an entire firm?
That tuning out adds distorted realities when your brain adapts itself to line up with some negative perception and ignores reality that more objective observers would endorse. Can you see why it’s key to consider opposing views, and why it’s good to confer often with others at work?
Do people at your firm make a habit of following their brain’s distortions? If you see missed opportunities that would improve your workplace, check for mental tricks like those above - that hold you back. Have you seen it happen?
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