Research shows autopilot can reduce mental clarity by 30% and most people donāt notice it happening.
Evidence
Are You Working on Autopilotā¦ or With Awareness? (Instagram)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: The Myth of Optimal Awareness - Why Sanity Requires Strategic Auto-Pilot; The average person spends about 47% of their day on āautopilot,ā following automated behaviors while their thoughts wander. ā Moving From Autopilot Towards Mindfulness; When on automatic pilot we are unaware and out of touch with the present moment; conscious awareness is clouded. ā Pros & Cons of Being on āAutomatic Pilotā
Related
- The average person spends about 47% of their day on āautopilot,ā following automated behaviors while their thoughts wander. (similarity 0.91)
- Every moment spent in unconscious autopilot is a moment of reduced effectiveness, increased time waste, and missed opportunities. (similarity 0.88)
- Two-thirds of our daily behaviours are initiated āon autopilotā, out of habit. (similarity 0.83)
- When on automatic pilot we are unaware and out of touch with the present moment; conscious awareness is clouded. (similarity 0.82)
- I drive places on āautomatic pilotā and then wonder why I went there ā a common experience of absent-minded automaticity. (similarity 0.79)