{"id":1380,"date":"2021-03-07T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2021-03-06T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T04:42:44","slug":"mind-facts-every-manager-needs-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/2021\/03\/mind-facts-every-manager-needs-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Facts – What Every Manager Needs to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a number of facts about the human brain – our mind – that are not well-known. There are also a number of myths that have been around for a long time and need to be dispelled. Here are some mind facts <\/em>based on research from neuroscience that can help managers to appreciate how the brain actually works and to use this knowledge to advantage for personal and organizational development.<\/p>\n

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1. The typical brain is only 2% of a body’s weight but uses 20% of its total\u00a0energy and oxygen intake.\u00a0Adequate nutrition and exercise is essential for brain maintenance.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0brain is 73% water. Even a slight amount of dehydration (as little as 1%-2%) can impair memory and cognitive skills. This is why excessive sweating for an hour for example during strenuous exercise without hydration can cause brain aging.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0The brain can store an estimated 2,500,000 gigabytes. That’s equivalent to 300 years worth of TV shows.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 We generate around 50,000 thoughts per day. Sadly, in most people, 70% of these thoughts are negative.<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Multitasking reduces productivity as the mind has to switch back and forth between tasks. This negatively impacts attention span, and short-term memory.<\/p>\n

6. The average human being’s attention span is getting less and less. It is now about 8 seconds. This is less than the attention span of the average goldfish.<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0It is just a myth that we only use 10% of our mind. The reality is that we use most of our brain – even during periods of rest.<\/p>\n

8. There is no \u00a0left-brain or right-brain personality type. This is just a myth.<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0Most of us are not aware of this but 95% of our decisions take place in our subconscious mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many facts about the human brain – our mind – are not well-known. There are also many myths that have been around for a long time and need to be dispelled. Here are some mind facts based on research from neuroscience can help managers to appreciate how the brain actually works and to use this knowledge to advantage for personal and organizational development…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity-and-innovation","category-personal-effectiveness","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1973,"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdi.com.pk\/management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}