We fear change. We probably carry this fear from our ancestors in the Savannah’s. And yet, most innovation and progress has come from times of change. Change has a lot of potential to do good if it is treated as that. Sooner we realise this the better it will be.
Tag: short-and-straight
Consciously Analysing Risk
We human beings are terrible at risk analysis if we let our sub-conscious mind do it. Take the example of public speaking. Most of us are terrified that we’ll make a fool of ourselves except what really makes a bad impression on stage is being nervous. If we are able to ignore our sub-conscious mind’s flawed risk analysis and instead consciously analyse the risk of the critical situations we find ourselves in then we should be able to come up with better approximations to the real world.