Murdering Your Subjectivity Molecule

Someone sent me a link to the idea of the trust molecule the other day. 

I tweeted it. But here is is again. Neat idea.

It got me thinking about a pet bug of mine. Does the following scenario sound familiar?

"I'm so close to this I can't see it anymore. In fact I can't even think, hear taste or touch it any more. I just can't value the thing before me. I'm so bored I could suck a bat. My mind, in fact all my senses are so utterly fried by this bloody thing that I want to drive a truck over it. Familiarity breeds contempt."

And it goes on...

"Whether it's a decision not to change, a relationship that's failing - I'm way too close to it to fix it. In this state I can easily start to make up excuses to others around me that I'm attending to it but I'm not. My brain has developed a split personality over it. If i'm honest i'm defending why things have been left the way the way they are. I cross the road to avoid dealing with it because my stupid mind has told me that it's all ok. "

I see folk so far gone in that state of subjectivity that no one can shake them free. 

The subjective soporific mind freeze that causes blindness. Denial. It can be about anything, people, stuff, work things, product choice, holiday destinations, behaviour, cultural issues - politics. Anything.

That's the problem - we can all get to that state of dangerous subjectivity if we lose objectivity. In our chemistry set of a brain there must be a molecule (or weird formula) that clicks in and zap we are screwed. Too darned close to be any use.

The good news is that we should be able to exercise our objectivity muscles. Practice lifting with impartiality every day. Stop applying the judgement linament. Eat a diet of fresh thinking and stop with the leaps of conclusion. That's the demon subjective molecule tricking your mind. 

Mind The Pattern

Stay away from any familiar pattern because that's what lets the demon in in the first place. Stay awake to what's new and do things that are just unlike what you do every day. Climb a tree when you should be on a phone conference. Count to 1000 before blurting that immediate thought in your mind.

Oh and turn off e-mail - use Twitter instead. 

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