Jess was a boss everyone loved. She listened to her employees, cheered them on as they did the work, and was there for them in the toughest times.
The problem was that because Jess was so caring and giving, she’d often jump in and help her employees instead of letting them do the work themselves.
This created a vicious cycle in which her employees subconsciously knew she’d help and would come to her “asking for help” before they even fully tried.
By improving one thinking skill, Jess viewed the whole situation differently, creating the space to be there for her employees while empowering them at the same time.
While you are doing any task, you (without even realizing it!) are using your 28 thinking skills.
When the thinking skills you need to use are strong, doing the task happens easily.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.
The struggle that Jess had, came from a weak thinking skill of hypothetical thinking.
While Jess was a brilliant woman, her desire to give was so strong, that it overtook her thinking process of hypothetical thinking.
What’s hypothetical thinking?
Hypothetical thinking is about coming to a conclusion based on what you know must be true.
Or in simple words If…. Then….
So in the case of jumping in to help her employees, Jess needed to recognize that IF she jumps in to help her employees, THEN it’s getting in the way of her doing her own work.
Or IF she jumps in to help her employees, THEN she’s handicapping her employees from doing their work.
As we said, Jess was smart, she didn’t need me to tell her these IF & THEN statements, however, the emotions attached to these statements were so strong they overridden her logical thinking.
We wanted to improve her hypothetical thinking, that way she could work logically and not mess up her business emotionally.
Here are 3 Ways we worked on Jess’s hypothetical thinking:
1) I had Jess write out a whole bunch of IF & THEN statements about helping and supporting her employees.
EX: If I don’t help them… then they’ll be able to figure it out themselves…. If I don’t help them…. Then I’ll have more time to do focused work
This is done simply to remind her brain of the benefits.
2) For 30 minutes a day, I had Jess say out loud the IF & THEN effects of her actions. This is not about changing what she was doing in the moment. Rather, it was about showing the outcome in the moment.
For example: As she closes the door, she’d say out loud: If I close the door to my office, THEN I’ll be distracted less and able to stay focused on the important work.
3) We took this to the next level by having Jess use IF & THEN statements with her staff members.
When someone would ask her a question, if possible, Jess would respond in an IF & THEN statement or even better, as an IF & THEN question.
For example: IF Jack stays late to finish the project, THEN you’ll be able to do what?
Your challenge this week is to say the hypothetical thinking statement out loud while you do it. While it may seem weird at first, it will really get your brain thinking with a "if & then" process (without it taking extra time!)
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
Jess was a boss everyone loved. She listened to her employees, cheered them on as they did the work, and was there for them in the toughest times.
The problem was that because Jess was so caring and giving, she’d often jump in and help her employees instead of letting them do the work themselves.
This created a vicious cycle in which her employees subconsciously knew she’d help and would come to her “asking for help” before they even fully tried.
By improving one thinking skill, Jess viewed the whole situation differently, creating the space to be there for her employees while empowering them at the same time.
While you are doing any task, you (without even realizing it!) are using your 28 thinking skills.
When the thinking skills you need to use are strong, doing the task happens easily.
If the thinking skill you need to use is weak, doing the task will be a challenge.
The struggle that Jess had, came from a weak thinking skill of hypothetical thinking.
While Jess was a brilliant woman, her desire to give was so strong, that it overtook her thinking process of hypothetical thinking.
What’s hypothetical thinking?
Hypothetical thinking is about coming to a conclusion based on what you know must be true.
Or in simple words If…. Then….
So in the case of jumping in to help her employees, Jess needed to recognize that IF she jumps in to help her employees, THEN it’s getting in the way of her doing her own work.
Or IF she jumps in to help her employees, THEN she’s handicapping her employees from doing their work.
As we said, Jess was smart, she didn’t need me to tell her these IF & THEN statements, however, the emotions attached to these statements were so strong they overridden her logical thinking.
We wanted to improve her hypothetical thinking, that way she could work logically and not mess up her business emotionally.
Here are 3 Ways we worked on Jess’s hypothetical thinking:
1) I had Jess write out a whole bunch of IF & THEN statements about helping and supporting her employees.
EX: If I don’t help them… then they’ll be able to figure it out themselves…. If I don’t help them…. Then I’ll have more time to do focused work
This is done simply to remind her brain of the benefits.
2) For 30 minutes a day, I had Jess say out loud the IF & THEN effects of her actions. This is not about changing what she was doing in the moment. Rather, it was about showing the outcome in the moment.
For example: As she closes the door, she’d say out loud: If I close the door to my office, THEN I’ll be distracted less and able to stay focused on the important work.
3) We took this to the next level by having Jess use IF & THEN statements with her staff members.
When someone would ask her a question, if possible, Jess would respond in an IF & THEN statement or even better, as an IF & THEN question.
For example: IF Jack stays late to finish the project, THEN you’ll be able to do what?
Your challenge this week is to say the hypothetical thinking statement out loud while you do it. While it may seem weird at first, it will really get your brain thinking with a "if & then" process (without it taking extra time!)
Cheers to Peak Brain Performance!
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!