The sympathetic nervous system doesn’t learn very well
Principle number 7
The sympathetic nervous system doesn’t learn very well.
It sounds like a nothing statement but really it plays into every new behaviour we want from ourselves, our children, our colleagues.
When we approach new action with the question of how to optimise the learning rather than just getting it done ASAP the gain is more rapid habit forming and greater learning.
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