Can your brain do this simple task?
Your brain loves a shortcut. Try naming the colour of each word as fast as you can (not the word itself). Time yourself for 10 seconds.
Purple Grey Teal
Blue Green White
Red Black Orange
Pink Yellow Brown
It’s harder than it looks, right? What you just experienced is called cognitive interference - when your brain’s automatic reading pathway overpowered your conscious control.
That’s how bias works, too. We think we’re making sound, rational choices, but a lot of the time our brain’s automatic wiring is really what’s driving the decision.
Leadership growth begins when we start to recognise that bug in our brain’s wiring - and choose awareness over assumption.
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