Brain principles: Synergy

Synergy = 1 + 1 > 2   

In context with your brain this principle means that one thought will lead to another thought and another, etc.
I give you an example: 

You're at work and somehow you hear that a very important letter is waiting for you at home. How many different thoughts will arise due to this knowledge? This way of thinking is called "divergent thinking"; from one thought many other thoughts come to live as well.   

The nature of our brain functions as follows. When we push our brain to think more, brain neurons start to try to make more connections with other neurons.
What we think, how we think and how we think about thinking will change the biological structure of our brain.
This also means that this influences our capacity of being creative.
Our synergetic brain capacity influences our capacity for creativity in this way as well. Creativity basically is based on our knowledge of today. This knowledge can lead to new combinations of this very same knowledge. When we start to link these ideas we start to get new ideas, which will lead to new ways of thinking again. We call this creativity. 

This also explains the steep learning curves we make on our technological developments. Every new generation of people start with the accumulated knowledge of their last generations. This forms their basis for further developments.
 
This is the new springboard for this generation  

Every discovery forms the basis for a higher and wider form of knowledge.
For example look at the developments of our computer technology of the past 15 years. The internet has taken care of the fact that knowledge can be distributed even faster and wider than ever before. Due to this development our knowledge has grown exponentially. 

Most people are not aware of this principle. When these people take a course they are often getting frustrated. Arguments used by these people sound often like:
'I already was aware of this information! I didn't learn a lot of new things!' and as a result they often stop to think at all. 

These people do not want to use the principle of synergy.
Realize this: Suppose you're at this same course and only 1% of the material is new. This new information could result into new insights if you would link this new information to your existing knowledge. 

GIGG: Garbage In, Garbage grows 
  

Many people have a very negative way of communicating to their selves.
On average we have 40.000 thoughts per day. Suppose that these thoughts are negative, our brain will start to build a knowledge database, in which all negative thought will stick. Every new thought has synergetic power. Our "knowledge" will grow exponentially. Negative thinking, pessimism and cynism will produce more of the same.
What would happen within a company if we would implement this same way of thinking?
How differently would we talk about others or the business developments? 

If you think in terms of garbage, what else could you expect as a result other than Garbage out? 

The GIGG principle can be reversed as well; Good In, Good Grows.
In this scenario we actually feed our brains with good stuff. The brain doesn't care whether the way we talk to ourselves is positive or negative. It will only listen to our internal commands.
So basically the choice is up to you. I hope you realize this.
In most cases you are in command of your own results. You decide whether it is GOOD OR BAD.  

Let's move on to the brain principle: Brain principles: Success oriented