Lunchtime Trivia Thursday, March 20

Q: Many researchers say that we spend 40-50% of our waking hours doing this.  What is it?

A: Doing things automatically.  They call it Automaticity.

Think of it.  Everything from getting dressed, brushing teeth, driving! Etc

While automaticity has its benefits, it can also have its downsides. It introduces an element of danger and makes people prone to mistakes.

Automatic thinking can be a risk in many areas of our lives, from making costly errors at work to the more mundane, day-to-day dangers, such as the busy street we have to cross every morning to get to work.

As the action becomes so routine and habitual, a person might neglect to really check traffic before stepping out into the road, for example.

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Research estimates that 40 to 50 percent of your actions on any given day are automatic and habitual. But the true influence is even greater because your habits often influence the conscious actions that follow.

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