But before you read the 50 tips, there is one important skill that we all possess but rarely use to its fullest. This glorious mental skill is called “Attention” – our ability to select what information from this universe we…
Follow 4 pointers: Pay attention and put in the effort to notice things around you. Talk with a variety of people and learn about their ideas, cultures, perspectives, and origin-stories. Consume a variety of information and broaden your horizons. Give…
The story doesn’t end here. We have only looked at construal levels based on how information is processed at different conceptual levels. There is an overarching aspect to construal levels – the function of distance. The more figurative “distance” there…
Low Construal Level High Construal level I am going out to play football with Megatron, Kung Fury, and One-Punch Man. I am going out to play sports I am listening to Taylor Swift’s newest song on Spotify I am listening…
Take a mobile phone. Your phone. What brand is it? What color is it? The answer is specific. Look at your mobile phone. What is it? The answer is variable. On one obvious level, it is a mobile phone. One another…
Our brain is conducive to creative thinking and problem-solving – Literally, and figuratively, making mental connections. The brain is readily equipped with the necessary conditions to think critically, creatively, and out-of-the-box. All it needs is a strategic push and the…
Creative thinking can be learned. One method is called “using construal levels.” Everything we think about is processed at multiple levels. Say you are talking. On one level, you can say you are communicating. On another level, you can say…
A relatively understudied and newly conceptualized phenomenon is Aloneliness[13] – the negative feeling about not spending enough time by yourself. Aloneliness comes with an unmet want of solitude – A raw dissatisfaction with the amount of time spent alone. People often express…
College students who feel like they don’t belong may benefit from solitude if they autonomously seek alone-time. A short longitudinal research on Canadian and American students[12] suggests that intrinsically motivated alone-time is linked to high self-esteem, a greater sense of relatedness, and…
Older people are often at risk of total social isolation. In a 6-day longitudinal study[11] where only 11% of the active waking time was spent in solitude (hinting at alone-time, not loneliness), researchers reported a link between the quality of social interactions…