TEDxPortsmouth – Dr. Alan Watkins – Being Brilliant Every Single Day: (Part 1) (Part 2)
Your performance and results…
- … depend on your behaviour
- … which depends on what you think
- … which depends on how you feel
- … which depends on your emotions
- … which depend on your physiology
(…) the dominant factor in the thinking <=> feeling loop is feeling
(…) feelings are the awareness of your raw emotions
(…) think of emotion as e nergy in motion *
*(…) the key data stream from the physiology level is the HRV ( Heart Rate Variability ), which alters brain function:
- under pressure => HRV becomes chaotic
- super chaos => shuts off frontal lobes
- shutdown => DIY lobotomy (the " stupid " pils)
Key aspects of your breathing that you can regulate:
- Steady rhythm
- Smooth even breaths
- Through the centre of your chest
BREATHE =
B reathe R hythmically E venly A nd T hrough the H eart E veryday
So it doesn’t really matter whether the heart rate is 50 or 120, what matters is am I on the left [ coherent ] or am I on the right [ erratic ].
High rate, high adrenaline emotions (120 bpm):
- Coherent — Passion, Determination, Focus
- Erratic — Anxiety, Anger, Frustration
Low rate, relaxation emotions (~50 bpm):
- Coherent — Contentment, Curiosity, Equanimity
- Erratic — Apathy, Boredom, Detachment, Indifference
(…) regulating your physiology will get you to the mid point [from erratic to coherent].
See also Dr. Alan Watkins’ book Coherence: The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership