Knowing this, a person will be able not to succumb to the provocations of his own consciousness and achieve higher results both in his career and in his personal life.
Scientists talked about how the human brain learned to distort reality in order to make life easier. However, this is actually a disservice and pitfalls must be avoided. There are more than a hundred of them, but experts have identified the most common and dangerous.
The most dangerous trap is called the spotlight effect. A person is inclined to consider himself the center of the universe, therefore he invariably goes out of hand, falling on the street, noticing a tiny speck on his shirt. In fact, only a few outsiders pay attention to ridiculous falls and dirty clothes.
Belief in universal justice is the second trap of consciousness. Even outright cynics believe that evil will be punished and justice will prevail. Some call it Providence, some call it karma, but in essence they are the same thing.
The third pitfall is called the audience effect. Psychologist Robert Zaynots noted that people often do the same job in different ways in front of strangers and alone. Having an audience triggers the fear of evaluation, so the result is much worse. However, sometimes it happens the other way around - the presence of outsiders stimulates a person's activity, and he solves the assigned tasks faster and better.
The fourth pitfall, the Google effect, is also called digital amnesia. It consists in the fact that the brain ceases to remember data about what can be found in the public domain on the Internet. However, you should not rely on the World Wide Web so much - a smartphone or a PC may not always be at hand, and life sometimes makes surprises.
The projection effect closes the five most dangerous traps. Its essence is that a person is inclined to attribute his merits and demerits to outsiders. For example, naive good-natured people think that the whole world is kind to them and get very upset when they discover the opposite. Because of this, there should be at least a little bit of healthy skepticism in every person.