Eliminate the non essentials so that essentials may thrive
Simpligence is a combination of two words i.e Simplification & Intelligence by which I means “Intelligence to Simplify”. Let me tell you something about our Brain which is also called Triune Brain to understand WHY of Simpligence.
WHY Simpligence?
Triune brain is a model given by Paul McLean around 1960 and its accuracy is debatable still in Neuroscience field but still it is most preferred. Human brain has been evolved unlike machine where forms are designed as per functions so as humans have evolved from previous life forms and species, brain also evolved similarly .
As per evolution ..1st reptiles came , then mammals and then primates came and every time brain did not get formed from scratch and then with every evolution a layer was added and intune with this we have Triune brain and we have all three different types of brain.
Brain 1-Reptilian brain (It ensures survival like Breathing , hunger, thirst and others to regulate our body) & Brain 2-Limbic or Primate Brain(it is responsible for emotion, behavior, motivation, memory) are impulsive and reactive and send bottom up impulses and Brain 3- Neocortex(This brain performs functions like complex social interactions, advance planning, decision making , and speaking language) always has to work with these interference of these signals and makes best efforts for bottom down control of 2 brains .We always live in this conflicts and so restlessness, and dilemmas. The only way Our Neocortex works at its best when there is lesser signal from other two layers which means simplification in your survival and emotion which helps you to become Intelligent and thus Simpligence.
The Purpose of explaining about our brain in details is simply to understand this is how we are made as humans and the only way to be Ferociously effective is to build the Intelligence to simplify.
Simplification in this distracted social media is not that easy as in todays world we are completely dependent on Technology and hardly we have space between us and the growing exponential technology around. we’re bombarded with so much information and alerts on Smartphones & Computers that even when we want to focus, it’s nearly impossible. It is not about outside in but inside out to manage everything around. We all have finite amount of energy to spend each day and it needs to be utilized consciously similarly as we do for money. But we tend to spend most of those every single day on mostly extrinsic during initials hours of the day.
HOW to be Simpligent?
We all know what simplification is and also understood that at root level WHY do we need that at basic level but HOW to do it is also very important to understand. We need energy overtime for peak performance and for sustained peak performance we need to maximize energy and to do that all motivators one have needs to be aligned around the Purpose which has become buzzword today and an amazing thing as Secret to be successful entrepreneur , Secret to meaning life provided you know about what is your Purpose!! At Neurobiological level willpower alone cant help to achieve everything and knowing purpose makes one GRITY and it acts as FLOW trigger. It is very important to focus and work on the Motivators and Simpligence directs towards aligning all that intrinsically motivates and gives your energy so that your essentials may thrive
WHAT do we do ?
1. Listing down Curiosities
The starting point is one’s curiosity as it is fundamental component of the purpose and so let me define Curiosity 1st which is very beautifully defined by Philosopher and psychologist William James (1899) called curiosity “the impulse towards better cognition,” meaning that it is the desire to understand what you know that you do not” or curiosity is the desire to learn or know about anything at the intrinsic level and not influenced by anything outside. It looks like a little kid wiggling with all the crayons/paint brush outlining and trying to create something out of his own world and asking about multiple WHYS in a day to understand everything around. If the Curiosity persist overtime and its front end starts with a question “How do I do this” then it drives to cultivate the Passion.
Most fundamental thing to initiate cultivation of it is to list down at least 25 things you are deeply curious about and it is not something fancy but very basic like in the free weekend what is something which you really want to do if there is no constraints.
2. Find Your Passion
Once the list of Curiosity is made then we need to find the intersection of all the curiosity to shrink the list and it does mean to delete but adding energies together to make it more impactful. A single curiosity has got some energy and when if we are looking for sustained performance then intersection of multiple curiosity creates tones of energy. At neurobiological level when the brain links pattern together then the feel good chemical Dopamine is released and in turn it amplifies pattern recognition in the brain. More specific is the curiosity, easy it would be to cultivate the passion. Let me give you an example how does an intersection looks like. It may take time and one has to keep working on it for sometime to make it more specific and meaningful. May be one will have to read articles and learn about all the curiosity list and linking together and thus cultivate passion.
Let me explain through an example, I am deeply curious about how education is evolving , Wellness and Technological advancement so the Intersection can be crafted as How can one have Efficient Learning (It involves Easy learning, Technological advancement supported by Physical and mental wellness )
3. Passion to Purpose
It is important to understand stacking and aligning the motivator are the key to maximize energy and the motivator has to be intrinsic (Emotion, feelings, sense of pride and accomplishment) than extrinsic which is related to outside world(Money, fame or sex)
Also to note that Passion by itself is selfish experience and limits to I and not we but for solving a bigger world problems one needs help from other people and here comes the Purpose which gets one out of selfishness and move from I to WE thus draws other people for the cause which everyone is passionate about. Purpose becomes the bigger form of belief. So similarly as we made list of curiosity in the 1st step, make a list of 10-15 World problems which your deeply passionate about , which bothers you and gives your heartache. It can be Education, Poverty, Politics, Employee engagement etc . but the purpose has to be specific. Once list is done, find the intersection and match the intersection of curiosity with one of the core purpose. Peter diamandis has taken Purpose to a different level and given it the name Massively transformative purpose(MTF) which is big enough and have power to change the world.
Eg Google MTF is Organizing the World information and making it accessible, Elon musk’s Space X Purpose is to Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species. These are Massively transformative purpose which has firepower to change the world.
Once the Purpose is well cultivated and defined, entire Intelligence helps to simplify and prioritize tones of energy to make it possible. Stack all motivators together and strategize everything around to be ferocious about it and make the impactful change in the world .. Be Simpligence to be Ferocious!!
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