Social: Post #7--Social & Leadership

Social Brain and Leadership: A leader, who has an analytical approach only, has less chance for being successful. However, if s/he has social skills as well, the chances of being perceived as a great leader skyrocket. Social skills are a big multiplier. Note: Giving praise has the same effect as giving money.

Social: Post #6--Social & Teaching

Social Brain and Teaching: If you learn to teach someone else, you learn better and faster than if you’re just prepping for a test. Ask teachers, who will tell you they never knew a subject well until they taught it. But our educational philosophy in most classes is to just listen to the teacher—not to teach, which would allow kids to learn much deeper and faster.

Social: Post #5--Two Brains

Two Brains: We have an analytical brain that works on solving problems—draws concepts from around the brain like a systems integrator to solve focused problems. We also have this social mind (mentalizing) that allows us to use our primal need for social thinking to consider what others are thinking, which helps us appropriately to react to others, socialize, and harmonize better. The brain’s default is social thinking.