•When you see an angry person in the street, the first thing you register is that she’s angry. Before you realise the colour of her shirt, the length of her hair or her demographic •When, by contrast, you’re asked to work out 17 x 24, you instantly recognise that this is a mathematical sum that’s a bit tricky
In work and life, we prize the ability to think quickly. We use the complimentary term ‘agile’ to describe someone who can handle a tough Q&A session. Or ‘sharp’ for an entrepreneur who spots and seizes a business opportunity before anyone else. But, in ascribing quick thinking to intellect, we are generally mistaken. For quick thinking is almost always unconscious and is powered by emotion.
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