Common Sense Is Dead

"When you accept an idea into your life, it becomes a part of your identity. Be careful what you accept!"

Leaders, Teachers, Parents…

Your people, students, and children are largely run by their sub-conscious auto-pilot beliefs and NOT their conscious rationale thinking; specifically their self-belief. How do I know this? Let me give you a few examples…

• The young teacher who struggles to connect with parents because she is younger than they are and has a self-belief that you should let your ‘elders’ run the show
• The young reader or mathematician that was told they couldn’t perform by peers, parents, or other teachers because of a few mistakes or a delay
• The young child who struggles with self-identity because she’s not as good at art as her older sister

They are not running the show with their conscious (awake, aware, alert, rational) brain. Their self-image tells them what to do.

So how can we help?

• Recognize this is happening; awareness really is half the battle
• Try to acknowledge it when you see it in yourself (this takes a great deal of practice!)
• Try to instill positive beliefs in them whenever possible

As tempting as it is to think that we all run on our rationale thinking or ‘common sense’, it’s just not reality. Common sense is a flower that doesn’t grow in everyone’s garden so stop looking and start noticing what’s really going on!

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