To put it bluntly, research shows that we canโt multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.
John MedinaIf you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.
John MedinaThe problem in todayโs economy is that people are typically starting a family at the very time they are also supposed to be doing their best work. They are trying to be productive at some of the most stressful times of their lives. What if companies took this unhappy collision of life events seriously? They could offer Gottmanโs intervention as a benefit for every newly married, or newly pregnant, employee.
John MedinaThe brain doesn't care about change. As the world's most sophisticated survival organ, the brain cares about loss.
John Medina