“If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.” IfsTryingImportantCan DoCreativeInformationDiversityIncreaseImportant ThingsExposedVolume Author:Jonah Lehrer
“Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of dissent is the power of surprise. After hearing someone shout out an errant answer, we work to understand it, which causes us to reassess our initial assumptions and try out new perspectives. “Authentic dissent can be difficult, but it’s always invigorating,” Nemeth says. “It wakes us right up.”” WayTryingStillsCausesDifficultAnswersViewsCreativePsychologyPerspectiveSurpriseUniversityHearingAlternativesCaliforniaAssumptionProfessorsExposedInitialsDissentNew PerspectiveBerkeleyInvigoratingShout Out Author:Jonah Lehrer
“How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal cortex allows each of us to contemplate his or her own mind, a talent psychologists call metacognition. We know when we are angry; every emotional state comes with self-awareness attached, so that an individual can try to figure out why he's feeling what he's feeling. If the particular feeling makes no sense—if the amygdala is simply responding to a loss frame, for example—then it can be discounted. The prefrontal cortex can deliberately choose to ignore the emotional brain.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingMindSelfStatesFeelingsIndividualLossSimpleAnswersEmotionBrainAwarenessTalentFiguresExampleEmotionalParticularSelf AwarenessAngryContemplatingPsychologistResponding Author:Jonah Lehrer
“The best way to solve a problem? Try explaining it to somebody outside your field.” WayTryingProblemLeadershipFieldsConscienceSolveBest WayExplaining Author:Jonah Lehrer
