M3&4 Analogies

The Inner Zombies. Who are focused on making the here and now better.

The routine habitual responses your brain falls into as a result of specific cues.

Taking little doses of Arsenic every day and looking healthy, even as the poison slowly increases your risk of cancer and ravages your organs.

Procrastinating habitually will slowly kill you and your dreams.

Zombie Mode

Habit

Devil's Advocate to question the status quo and look for global inconsistencies.

The right brain.

Larger scale diffuse mode outside your brain that can catch what you missed, or what you can't see.

Friends and teammates.

An Efficient Chef. While you're waiting for a steak to fry, you can swiftly slice the tomato garnish, turn to season the soup, and then stir the sizzling onions.

The hard start - jump to easy testing technique.

A Self-critical tape that plays inside people's heads, calling them a fraud and a phony.

Imposter Syndrome

Banging your head against a brick wall

Continuing to focus on a problem you've been stuck on and obviously making no progress.

Going down the latter.

Going from abstract ideas to things and objects.