Term: "Thinking space"

How do we think and respond to situations?

The awarespace, select to expand.

Here's a simplified overview of how we process things:

1. Stimulus: something happens around us. e.g. someone says or does something

2. Reaction: our monkey brain (sometimes the Lizard too) create a feeling

3. Thinking space: The conscious, Human brain engagement thoughts that occur. May be "none" if we lizard- or monkey-react, to any duration. 95% of the cases, the Human brain will stay out of the way. Instead, we get a Monkey brain response.

4. Response: what comes out of our mouth, the things we do, if anything.

The goal of effective conscious communication is to train ourselves to expand the thinking space. The more time we have in thinking space, the more opportunities we have to:

1. Interpret the stimulus in different viewpoints.

2. Examine our reaction.

3. Produce strategies to respond to get what we want: decide how and if to meet our needs and needs of others.

In short: expand the time available for Human brain to contribute. Then, engage the Human brain thinking.

Once we are "in the thinking space", we have the option to employ many of the tools in this toolkit.