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The art of self-coachingEd BatistaCLASS 3: ATTENTION
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Class #
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AttentionAnother foundational topicEMOTION: Emotions are attention magnetsHAPPINESS: What we pay attention to mattersRESILIENCE: Managing our attention under stress
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Systems 1 & 2 20 minsAn exercise 20 minsMental control 15 minsA conversation 25 minsFor next time… 5 mins
Agenda
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Before we getdown to business
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Your mostprecious resource
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Effectiveness
Emotional Arousal
Performance
Eustress Distress
(Not literally a bell curve)
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EffectivenessChoosing where to focus your attentionChoosing what (& who) to ignoreESSENTIAL leadership skillsMore difficult under stressIt will only get harder
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System 1 &Keith Stanovich, University of TorontoRichard West, James Madison UniversityIndividual Differences in Reasoning (2000)Daniel Kahneman, Princeton
System 2
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System 1 &Most processing = Automatic & unconsciousConsciousness = Tip of the iceberg“Systems” = Modes of operatingNOT actual structures
System 2
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System 1 &System 2
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System 1 &System 2
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System 1 &System 21 in 11,000,000
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System 1 &System 21 in 5,0002,200x more deadly
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Who’s in charge? REMAIN CALM! ALL IS
WELL!
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Who’s in charge?It depends
System 2 usually an acquiescent monitor& sometimes in charge & actively resistant& sometimes an ENDORSER, not an enforcer
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Why does this
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matter?
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Attention budgetIf you try to go beyond your budget, you
will fail.~Kahneman
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Ego depletionSelf-control consumes System 2 processingUsually unpleasant (a good thing)Resistance diminishes over timeGlucose
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Law of leasteffort We’re lazy (or efficient) (or economical)System 2 processing is inefficient & expensive
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Law of leasteffort So we conserve System 2 resources (a good thing)But this results in biases & systematic errors*
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What can we do?
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Multi-task?
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DOESNOTEXIST
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Multi-taskEither continuous partial attentionOr rapid context switchingUseless for serious workInefficient in all cases
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3 tactics
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Building capacity (aka)
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Getting MESSyMindfulnessExerciseSleep hygieneStress reduction
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Get your phones
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+ paper & pen
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An exercise
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First individually
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First individually
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Make a list…Conduct an Interruption Inventory of your phoneIdentify all possible ways it can interrupt youAlerts, badges, banners, sounds
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First individually
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Now reflectWhich ones did you choose?Which ones were chosen for you?How useful or necessary are they?
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First individually
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Make another list…Establish a Hierarchy of DisruptionIdentify people who can seize your attentionAnd the means they use (email, text, apps, phone)
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First individually
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Now reflectWhy do they have this power?What do they do with it?How do you enable it?
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Now in quartets
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How might we use these tools differently?What could we make less prominent?What could we ignore entirely?
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What will you do?
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Mental control
“Unmasked,” by Chris Ware, The New Yorker [link]
aka
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Attention
“Unmasked,” by Chris Ware, The New Yorker [link]
management
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White bearsDaniel Wegner, HarvardPeople can control their mental states just by trying to direct their thoughts.These strategies of mental control can sometimes backfire, however.
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Mental effortSuppression (Freud)Concentration (James)Insufficient under stressSometimes counterproductiveAn alternative (Dewey)
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HabitCould the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
~William James
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Building capacity (aka)
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Getting MESSyMindfulnessExerciseSleep hygieneStress reduction
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Getting MESSyMindfulness
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MindfulnessNon-judgmental
awareness& acceptance
of experience
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MindfulnessThe most powerful self-coaching toolCritical to attention & emotion management
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Meditation?
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Meditation
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MeditationRepeated effort (over & over & over & over) Cultivated habit of attention management“Self-directed neuroplasticity”
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MeditationA workout, not a breakConsistent practice is the keyTry 1 minute per day & work up
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What else canHealthy distractionsBounded worryMedication*
we do?
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A conversation
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How is this material relevant to you?Reflect
A conversation
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A conversationTwo options:1: A coaches B here, & B coaches A outside of class2: A coaches B, then B coaches A here
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A conversationHow might I manage attention more effectively?What habits would be helpful?Or anything else
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DebriefWhat happened?What did you learn?
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To sum upAttention is your most precious resourceWe can struggle to direct it effectivelyMere mental effort isn’t enoughHabitual practices are key
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To sum upThis will only get harderEveryone wants the leader’s attentionNo one cares how much it costs the leaderStart treating your attention like a resource now
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An exerciseEmotional Style Assessment60 true/false questionsGenerally true or generally falseGo with your gut; don’t deliberate
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An exerciseComplete it (10 mins), then score it (10 mins)Then do the Class 4 readingBring a copy to class
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An exerciseTake note…“Resilience” in Davidson = Recovery Time
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Other items…Today’s slides posted on my siteWeek 4 Assignment due Tuesday 9pm1:1 meetings