“Interesting” things are the only things that exist.
Our brain is a wonderful storyteller. It relies on narrative to communicate.
Don’t believe me? Here is a quick test: What did you have for breakfast last Sunday?
If that breakfast is in the middle of a story about something interesting, then you might recall what happened. If not, it is gone because it wasn’t interesting.
Two more things:
- We are usually the star of the show (self-preservation is the prime directive).
- Our brains don’t care for uninteresting things since it couldn’t comprehend them anyway. Our brain gets trillions of pieces of data per second and translates them on the fly to the “main things” we notice.
Something to think about the next time you say something that matters.
Note: A great book on this subject.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 