Global thinking is all about taking the long view in matter both large (the earth) and small (actions in the moment). Recent studies seem to show that the brain circuits that support this kind of thinking don't develop fully until a person is about 25. That suggests to me that the ears of young people are important pathways to common sense. The young ears that I speak into respond better to questions than answers. "Have you thought about how that might affect...Has anything like that happened before?"
My own global thinking blind spot has to do with the effects of my comments on others. I've heard the question
Would you rather be right than loved? My heart knows a different answer than my mouth.
Each evening I've been reading a chapter of Richard Carlson's
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, then trying to live that chapter the next day
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