Andrew Huberman· PhD
When we fail to do something, our attention levels increase. That increase can be leveraged to heighten learning capacity on subsequent attempts.
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When we fail to do something, our attention levels increase. That increase can be leveraged to heighten learning capacity on subsequent attempts.
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Now you have to be mindful of that too, because when you have a failure and then you're like, you're going to hit the bulls. I'm thinking about a dart board, 'cause I'm terrible at darts, you know, sober I'm terrible at darts. I don't even drink. So that next trial, part of the problem is, is that focus can narrow so much that you can start to lose access to information that might help you.
You feel that frustration [alarm buzzer] and you want to get the next one, right? Well, you're harboring, or I should say funneling more neural resources, your focus, that aperture tightens.