Your prefrontal cortex is where the
attention and decision-making happen.
Use your brain to turn your attention from what you’re doing to why you’re doing it and whether you can think of a better alternative. This is not something we are trained to do, and many times in my life I wish I had thought to dig out of the “do this, then that, then that” routine to question. That’s why the laser brain is so helpful – as a reminder how thinking about two things at once doesn’t work!
But note: You can do cerebral and motor tasks at the same time.
The motor cortex is in a different part of the brain from the cerebral cortex, and thus can operate simultaneously. So, reflecting on whether a team should meet weekly - and ideally, what alternative they could try - can happen at the same time as you are walking, running, gardening, or doing any other physical activity. Interestingly, evidence suggests that we think better if we reflect while exercising.
Finally, when you concentrate and decide, it’s relying on the rest of your brain with its stored memories and experiences, its emotional centers, to inform it.
Much remains unknown about the brain, but these elements have strong empirical support.
But note: You can do cerebral and motor tasks at the same time.
The motor cortex is in a different part of the brain from the cerebral cortex, and thus can operate simultaneously. So, reflecting on whether a team should meet weekly - and ideally, what alternative they could try - can happen at the same time as you are walking, running, gardening, or doing any other physical activity. Interestingly, evidence suggests that we think better if we reflect while exercising.
Finally, when you concentrate and decide, it’s relying on the rest of your brain with its stored memories and experiences, its emotional centers, to inform it.
Much remains unknown about the brain, but these elements have strong empirical support.