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Possibility Thinking:
NeuroScience Meets Business
Presented by
Dan Gerry
What Does Our Future Hold?
• Worse times? Better Times? S.O.S.O.?
• Are some individuals & businesses thriving?
• What sets them apart?
Possibility Thinking Defined:
The ability to manage one’s attention &
make pro-active choices regardless of
stressful or threatening circumstances
Brain Anatomy: Where
Events Are Processed
Amygdala- Concerned with
protection from threatsr
Brain Stem-concerned
with instinctual reactions
© Soaring Eagle Institute 2010
How Our Minds Process Experiences
• The Amygdala is like a switchboard. It’s pre-
programmed to alert us to dangers or threats.
It’s wired to the hippocampus, the seat of
memory.
• The Brain Stem is also known as the Dinosaur
Brain because it can react in only 3 basic ways:
fight, flight, or freeze.
How Our Minds Process Experiences
• “Hot” Amygdala: A highly reactive mind-state
caused by repeated stress and threats. Reduces
problem-solving abilities by 50% or more.
• Responses to New, Non-Threat Experiences:
The Amygdala remains quiet, allowing thought
processing to rise up to the Pre-Frontal Cortex
for creative high-level thinking.
The Mind State of Expansion
The Mind State of Expansion
• Enthusiasm, fun & excitement
• Open to new, creative approaches
• Heightened awareness of opportunities
• Focus on a desirable future/goal driven
• Limitations seen as challenges to overcome
• Willingness to take risks/try new things
• Optimism, joy, humor
• Sense of connectedness to others
The Mind State of Contraction
The Mind State of Contraction
• Guarded attention/focused on threats
• Reliance on past, habitual approaches
• Limited awareness of opportunities
• Intent on avoiding pain & loss/reactive
• Challenges seen as impossible to overcome
• Little capacity to take risks/try new things
• Pessimism, stress, seriousness
• Sense of isolation from others
Want to learn more?
Go to www.SoaringEagleInstitute.com

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Pt picasa 10 slides 11.19.10

  • 1. Possibility Thinking: NeuroScience Meets Business Presented by Dan Gerry
  • 2. What Does Our Future Hold? • Worse times? Better Times? S.O.S.O.? • Are some individuals & businesses thriving? • What sets them apart?
  • 3. Possibility Thinking Defined: The ability to manage one’s attention & make pro-active choices regardless of stressful or threatening circumstances
  • 4. Brain Anatomy: Where Events Are Processed Amygdala- Concerned with protection from threatsr Brain Stem-concerned with instinctual reactions © Soaring Eagle Institute 2010
  • 5. How Our Minds Process Experiences • The Amygdala is like a switchboard. It’s pre- programmed to alert us to dangers or threats. It’s wired to the hippocampus, the seat of memory. • The Brain Stem is also known as the Dinosaur Brain because it can react in only 3 basic ways: fight, flight, or freeze.
  • 6. How Our Minds Process Experiences • “Hot” Amygdala: A highly reactive mind-state caused by repeated stress and threats. Reduces problem-solving abilities by 50% or more. • Responses to New, Non-Threat Experiences: The Amygdala remains quiet, allowing thought processing to rise up to the Pre-Frontal Cortex for creative high-level thinking.
  • 7. The Mind State of Expansion
  • 8. The Mind State of Expansion • Enthusiasm, fun & excitement • Open to new, creative approaches • Heightened awareness of opportunities • Focus on a desirable future/goal driven • Limitations seen as challenges to overcome • Willingness to take risks/try new things • Optimism, joy, humor • Sense of connectedness to others
  • 9. The Mind State of Contraction
  • 10. The Mind State of Contraction • Guarded attention/focused on threats • Reliance on past, habitual approaches • Limited awareness of opportunities • Intent on avoiding pain & loss/reactive • Challenges seen as impossible to overcome • Little capacity to take risks/try new things • Pessimism, stress, seriousness • Sense of isolation from others
  • 11. Want to learn more? Go to www.SoaringEagleInstitute.com