In this episode, Darius and Erica share some personal life hacks, tools, and technology for managing cognitive flexibility.
How cognitive flexibility works
- Managing different rules for different situations
- Realizing diverse perspectives
- Shifting from one task to another
Personal executive function hacks
- Find joy and excitement in new learning experiences
- Be compassionate, accepting, and positive
- Seek a diverse group of friends
- Try new approaches
- Seek solutions and a growth mindset
- Manage the amygdala - unexpected emotional reactions
- Network and have conversations with other professionals - ask questions - consider other viewpoints
- Books and audiobooks - expand our outlook - The New Earth by Eckart Tolle
- Journaling - writing - drawing
- Find your gurus. Going outside of yourself
- Have experiences that nurture flexibility - sailing - outward bounds - golf
- Step into the moment - work with reality
Manage the amygdala
- Going outside first thing in the morning and walking
- Access the calm inner voice
- Make small good decisions
- Step away and calm down
- Slow down
Technology Suggestions
- Computer, phones, video chats, Internet, Youtube
- Groups - Reddit - Quora - Facebook…
- Meetups
- Coworking spaces
- Pen and paper
- Mind maps and outline
- Drawings, diagrams, tables, flow charts
- Debates
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