Your Intelligent Mind: Act Quickly Or Take A Step Back?

Hey everyone! It’s Matt here and a warm welcome back to Stridi Towers. Happy Monday. Happy Beginning of the Week.

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Today I’m going to chuck a load of technical jargon at you about the way your mind works. Just joking. I’ll give you a load of easily digestible knowledge that you can use as you wish.

You’re probably having a quick read on your break, or on your way home. Maybe you’re looking for some tips to regain your mojo for the week. Well, let’s learn some awesome facts!

We have loads of things going on in our minds. Often, especially when it comes to making decisions, there are three particular things happening. There’s a place called your Emotional Mind, which is where our instantaneous, emotional responses come from. There’s our analytical mind, which is where we crunch the numbers and take a more measured approach. And there’s our intelligent mind, where we make an informed decision on the basis on what our other minds have told us.

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Let’s say we've popped into the shop during lunch, thinking that we'll get our usual sandwich, smoothie (we’re all choosing the healthy option on a Monday, right?) and, because we've had a tough morning, our favourite snack.

We've chosen our usual sandwich, grabbed a smoothie and then suddenly realized we can get our second or third favourite snack as part of a Meal Deal, saving some loose change. But we had our heart set on the number one, dream snack that always improves the day.

The analytical mind is busy crunching the numbers. That extra few pennies could buy us a latte from the coffee machine later.

The emotional mind is torn between still wanting the snack we came in for but also thinking that a latte later would be lovely.

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The intelligent mind is now weighing up the possibilities. Save money and have a latte later or indulge our cravings and have the number one snack?!

So, the big question here, what option do you take?

And secondly, just for fun, have a think about which of these mindsets you spend most of your time using; are you a number cruncher or someone who usually acts on instinct?

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