The cost of panic reaction
Panic is an alarm triggered by sudden, imminent danger. It is reflexive rather than responsive. Any action taken in a state of panic has potential irreversible consequences.
- When an individual panics, it leads to accidents and injuries
- When a group or family panics, it results in chaos and disintegration
- When a state panics, it causes polarization and destruction
Panic and reason can not co-exist. When reason fails judgment follows suit.
“Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.” – Simon Sinek
Information diet
You are watchful of what you eat. Are you equally mindful of what you consume from the media?
You are conscious of how food impacts your health. Do you reflect on how your news intake affects your well-being?
A planned information diet safeguards your mental clarity. Planning your information diet involves choosing what information to consume, when to engage with it, and in what quantity.
Our current challenge is not a lack of information. It is the depletion of attention needed for meaningful insights.
“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” – Herbert A. Simon
Choosing kindness
Many smart, ambitious, and hardworking people climb the ladder quickly. They are used to being perfect, independent, and most importantly, being right. As they grow, they struggle with the desire to be right over the need to be kind. In an independent role being smart matters. In a interdependent role being kind matters. Kindness is more challenging yet more rewarding than cleverness.
“Choose being kind over being right and you’ll be right every time.” – Richard Carlson