Today, I saw an example of a phenomenon humans are guilty of. We provide solutions based on our experience, without necessarily understanding the problem. It is a survival hack we are conditioned to have. The quicker the response, the better your chance of survival.
No matter how enlightening your response is to a question or a problem, the one who responds faster gets more points. This makes a studied response seem dull.
Interestingly, the solutions to problems come from the same people that made it worse in the first place. Until the consequence of hurried action is greater than the stubbornness of experience, people hold on to their first reflex answer.
I am thankful for people that help me take a second look, ask questions and choose from alternatives beyond experience.
Day: May 1, 2021
Other people’s belief in you
Self-belief is important, but you need more than it to do great work. There is a significant amount of inertia to overcome in life – mainly coming from self-doubt. Self-belief and self-doubt reside in the same space in a yin-yang.
Other people’s belief in you, especially those you respect, significantly reduces inertia – mainly because of leverage. People do not like being wrong, so they do all they can to make their belief a reality.
When people brag about how they came up on just sheer self-belief, I smile and skip the page. It is either they have not achieved anything worth studying or they are being wilfully unreflective.
– Osasu Oviawe