10 Thinking Biases (or Cognitive Traps)
Peter Wilson
Supporting leaders in healthcare and education to think creatively, feel empowered and act effectively?? Managing Director at Dedici ??"Dedicated to Development"
1. All-or-Nothing thinking: less than perfect is a total failure
2. Over-generalisation: “always” / “never”
3. Mental Filter: Picking out the single negative, dwelling exclusively on that
4. Discounting the Positive: Positive evidence “doesn’t count”
5. Jumping to Conclusions: without any evidence or data
6. Magnification: Exaggerating the problems, catastrophising
7. Emotional Reasoning: Negative emotions drive perception of facts
8. “Should” / “Ought” Statements: placing pressure of self-expectation
9. Labeling: “I made a mistake” becomes “I’m hopeless”
10. Personalisation and Blame: Circle of concern vs circle of influence
Last time I posted, someone commented that I should keep my thoughts to myself; that’s obviously what everyone is thinking. Who am I kidding, nobody ever reads my posts anyway, and any “likes” are probably either finger slips, or “pity likes”.
Leadership Coach & Educator, Group Coach & Coach Tutor
7 年Also known as negative thought processes, as used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. When listening to people you will often here these used and its helpful to check them out with them too eg "when you say always can you think of a time when it didn't happen?". Sometimes harder to hear them in ourselves. We all have our preferences too and these are stronger when we are low/stressed. thanks. always a great reminder to consider these. Bev
Leadership Facilitator, Mentor & Coach - working compassionately & impactfully to support health care professionals
7 年No finger slip :) quick reminder that our insecurities can play tricks with our reasoning - thank you!
Weald Cluster PM Lead at Orchard End Surgery - Improved Access Manager
7 年These are 10 very valid statements that are so true. I for one can categorise myself with many of them ......
We all do it to varying degrees. Really powerful, simple reminder. Thanks. I appreciate your post!