Irresponsibles Anonymous

I have referred often to the limits of human short-term memory, but on this occasion I wanted to delve a Little deeper to evidence exactly why we forget our commitments.

“The role of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths such as weaknesses become irrelevant”

-       Peter Drucker

Understanding the memory is essential to make, as Drucker says, its weaknesses irrelevant.

Memory… What memory?

The first thing that needs to be clarified is that the brain has different kinds of memory, to simplify we will divide them in two types: “Working Memory” and “Storage Memory” continue reading…

Irresponsibility can be an addiction as strong as drugs or alcohol, Irresponsible Anonymous is a 12 step program to kick the habit of breaking promises, this is Step 10 and it’s about creating a record of your day to day life. This is a guest post by Psic. Jorge Graterol

How many times have you been unable to remember a face, a gesture, a moment that was an important part of your life?

Our memories are stored in different sections of the brain through a complex process of segmentation. For example, visuals are stored in the occipital cortex, but that doesn’t imply sounds, smells, or tastes… all of which are stored in different areas of the brain, the result is a fragmented memory that is hard to access. continue reading…