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So our first step in improving our outcomes is to train ourselves to identify the moments when judgment is called for in the first place, and pause to create space to think clearly. This training takes a lot of time and effort, because it involves counterbalancing our hardwired biological defaults evolved over many centuries. But mastery over the ordinary moments that make the future easier or harder is not only possible, it’s the critical ingredient to success and achieving your long-term goals.

Clear Thinking

Shane Parrish

“The data is there to help you have a *conversation* - see discrepancies and surprises, help validate assumptions, debate interpretations. You must never lose sight of the qualitative vision and user empathy - the data is there to augment it, not replace it. That's why you use data to inform your decisions, not drive them.” - comment from [Assaph Mehr](https://www.linkedin.com/in/assaph/) on a post I did on this topic.

Data-Informed, NOT Data-Driven

Ant Murphy

De aandacht is beperkt door het verwerkingsvermogen van de hersenen. Volgens Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is het verwerkingsvermogen van het bewuste menselijke brein 120 bits per seconde. Luisteren naar één persoon vergt ongeveer 60 bits per seconde aan verwerkingskracht, wat het lastig maakt om naar twee of meer mensen tegelijk te luisteren.

Aandachtsmanagement

Daniela Avendaño

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