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Elaine Fox, PhD

The Hidden Power of Mental Agility

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Switch Craft by Elaine Fox, PhD, explains how our brains work and offers actionable advice on how to improve our decision-making and change our habits for the better.

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    An agile mind can help you change, adapt, and thrive.

    Meet Paddi Lund. Paddi spent 10 years setting up and running an expansive and hugely successful dental practice in Brisbane, Australia. On paper his life should have been perfect – he was financially well-off and his business empire was thriving. Yet, Paddi was profoundly miserable.

    So, Paddi reflected on his situation. He realized that in building his empire he had lost track of what he loved – the dentistry itself. In a radical and life-changing move, he got rid of 80% of his clients, stopped all advertising for his practice,  and transformed half his building into a cafe to create a happiness-centered dental business. Now he’s working a fraction of the time, has doubled his income, and is spending more time with family and friends. Paddi is happy.

    Paddi turned his life around by finding a creative and agile response to his stressful situation. This ability – called mental agility – is the first pillar of switch craft.

    Mental agility means being able to approach the complicated world with flexibility. It comes down to one basic decision – when you’re faced with challenges in life, do you stick or do you switch? While it is often easier – and sometimes useful – to stick with the current situation, being able to easily switch things up can help you thrive.

    This was shown in a study on three cognitive biases in teenagers: Attention bias – whether they focus on pleasant or unpleasant things; memory bias – which type of things they’re more likely to remember, and; interpretation bias – what meaning they make of ambiguous situations.

    The study found that biases towards focusing on and remembering threatening or negative words and situations – and interpreting ambiguous situations negatively –  were tightly connected in those who struggled with depression and anxiety. For example, triggering a traumatic memory is more likely to make you focus on and interpret negativity around you.

    On the other hand, those who were happy and thriving were able to think about negative things without experiencing all the other negative biases. In other words, they were more agile in their thinking, leaving them in a more open and flexible frame of mind.

    What can you do to train this mental agility? Try paying attention to when you feel annoyed or upset and see if you can find other ways to interpret these negative situations. Maybe you’re bothered about a friend who is always slow to stay in touch with you. Sure, you can interpret that as her not wanting to see you, but there are always more positive explanations. Maybe she is too busy, or thinks that you are.

    Your mental agility – this ability to stick or switch as circumstances require – can be applied to all sorts of situations. Whether you’re raising kids, managing a large project, or living in a long-term relationship, knowing when and how to change can help you thrive, and let you approach challenges with an open mind. Just like Paddi and his dental business, it’s always possible to change your life for the better.

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    Worum geht es in Switch Craft?

    Switch Craft: The Hidden Power of Mental Agility (2022) introduces the concept of switch craft – the art of being able to change and adapt in this fast-paced world. Drawing on scientific research and real life experience, switch craft uses the four pillars of mental agility, self-awareness, emotional awareness, and situational awareness, to give us the flexibility and understanding to thrive in any situation.

    Wer Switch Craft lesen sollte

    Switch Craft can and should easily translate into anyone’s day to day life, but its methods are especially fit for

    • Black or white thinkers looking for a fresh perspective on life
    • Those seeking hope after innumerous setbacks
    • Self-improvement enthusiasts.

    Über den Autor

    Elaine Fox, PhD. is a cognitive psychologist well known for her research on mental health that integrates psychology with genetics and neuroscience. She is the founder of OCEAN and currently works for the University of Adelaide, Australia, as the head of the School of Psychology. Fox’s previous work is an international bestseller, Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain (2012).

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