Nov
23
With the unemployment rate as high as it is and with corporate restructuring as common as it is nowadays, I thought I would share several tips over the next few days from the Real Simple article “10 Ways to Embrace Change” by Katherine Russell Rich.
Tip #3: Ignore your inner reptile.
“There’s a part of the human mind that is often referred to as the “lizard brain,” because it existed in even the earliest land animals. The lizard brain is concerned with survival; it likes the tried and true, so it’s likely to pipe up right now, flooding you with adrenaline warnings of “Danger!” as you veer off course. This was a handy function to have when deviating from the familiar path to the watering hole may have led to an encounter with a saber-toothed tiger. But in the modern world it’s like a misfiring car alarm: pointless and annoying.”
