Quotes From The Top Of The Mind

When being rushed is the problem, rushing is never the solution. If there is one thing that almost everyone can agree on today is that we all have too much to do and not enough time to do it. Whether it's meeting deadlines at work, picking up the groceries and the kids, getting that report out, or getting that school project in, this inequitable amount of work and time seems to be a fact of life for almost everyone. In this podcast, which is one in a series of weekly episodes from psychologist, Dr. Bill Crawford, he offers a quote on the subject, and some thoughts on what we can do to make the best use of our time, even when there isn't enough of it. For th ose of you familiar with Dr. Crawford’s "Top of the Mind" philosophy which is based upon the latest brain research, you know that the reason rushing in response to being rushed is doomed to failure is because we are being driven by the lower 20% of our brain. This part of the brain can only do two things, fight, or push harder and go faster (i.e. rush) or