Emily Nakashima3d ago

My greatest professional accomplishment of the year: I got my exec & manager teammates saying "point positive," a term from whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Meaning: when facing hazards, point people toward where to go/what to do, rather than drawing attention to everything to avoid.

Show threadEmily Nakashima3d ago

People just naturally start to go toward where you draw their attention, whether they want to or not. 🤷🏻

Might as well pick something good to point at.

This lesson has many applications right now.

Show threadRihards Olups3d ago

@eanakashima Ha, didn't know boating people used that as well - motorcycle people are told "do not look at the tree" (or more generally, look where you want to go, not what you want to avoid).

The Wikipedia page is disappointingly terse, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation .

Target fixation - Wikipedia

Show threadEmily Nakashima3d ago
@richlv ooh TIL "target fixation"
Show threadMattChippytea2d ago
@eanakashima @richlv I recall dojng a skid pan training session, tremendous fun and genuinely useful for better car control, and we were told “if you stare at the wall you’re worried about hitting, you’re much more likely to hit it”
Show threadReinald Kirchner15h ago
@Wifiwits @eanakashima @richlv had that in my drivers training as well. "You steer automatically to where your view is directed. So don't stare at that tree, but where you wanna drive to avoid collision".
Show threadMattChippytea
@Reinald @eanakashima @richlv it was particularly pleasing that me and the teenage girl I was paired with in the small front wheel drive car both got it really quickly and the instructor had to start sabotaging us to make it more difficult. The cocky lads in their 20s with the didn’t make it round the corner once… facing the right direction anyway.
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