To gain more concentration and focus, I started practicing more mindfulness strategies and incorporating more breaks, which have helped me tremendously in making better choices for myself. I felt exhausted and distracted at the end of long days, so I was using System 1 to make decisions instead of System 2. I recognized that my fast thinking was attributed to the fact that I was busy all the time and didn't incorporate very many breaks into my schedule. However, in situations when we don't have those – like when we feel tired or stressed - System 1 impulsively takes over, coloring our judgment. Since thinking slow requires conscious effort, System 2 is best activated when we have self-control, concentration, and focus. Meanwhile, System 2 uses problem-solving and concentration – we use it to think slowly, like when we calculate a math problem or fill out our tax returns. System 1 operates intuitively and automatically – we use it to think fast, like when we drive a car or recall our age in conversation. One of the book's main ideas is to showcase how the brain uses these two systems for thinking and decision-making processes. Sometimes we think fast and sometimes we think slow.
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