How to Exercise Common Sense | Mark Davidson | TEDxInverness

Turns out common sense is like a muscle and you need to exercise it once in a while. Luckily Mark Davidson, author of "The Art of Common Sense" has a seven day challenge for us to strengthen our common sense skills.

Mark's background is in philosophy and coaching. He has drawn on his philosophical work (the Philosophical Clarity Project and a novel, The Philosophy Game) and his coaching experience (INSEAD, Harvard, and many multinational companies) to develop a powerful new paradigm for coaching and organisational development. He now runs Merlin Scotland, a start-up that teaches coaching. In this talk he will be discussing how to implement common sense in every day life.

[lahorasiberiana]

Thank you, im actually a psychotic and I was divorced from common sense from years. This talk helped me to organiza my chores and my life.

[jokerheathledger]

I do this every day but i struggle stay in the present . My issue is common sense such as what i already know . I forgot that i put foil in the microwave for a second . for a instance my brain is going faster than my mouth can process Which is not a common sense thing i dont think. Being distant from the present is what i struggle with, what is widely accepted as common sense, is where i struggle . I can talk about philosophy all day but trying to have small talk becomes a struggle after minutes when form people can interact normally . Its both anxiety and common sense issue . I struggle with spelling yet give me 10 minutes and i could say 3 lines of Shakespeare. What is common for other people takes effort for me, but writing a 500 words essay would be easy, where some find this tedious . I suppose the cause is my lack of interaction with people? Is there a such thing as having to many conversations with yourself 🤔

[trangcaothu]

1. What is common sense?
Looking to a specific moment, reality to figure out how things will work and just do what are needed to do, without any text book or guidance.
It could be considered to be more effective than bueraucratic, as it will never capture the full reality
2. How can we practice it?
Everyday in 7 days, have at least one eccentric conversation about any topic
Before the talK: Talk to your partner about the center of the conversation to get about how things are
During: Keep the talk concrete, dont need it to be perfect, try to find a common ground in the topic.
Be a good listener to encourage person you are talking to think out loud
Be critical
=> develop a new aware of the conversation,
Then take note on the topic
=> learn from your common sense

[jeremiahlofton]

Expectation vs reality be average dont expect fancy perfect results be human and accept being imperfect think with less critical judgment

[faresismail]

Video made me think my right earphone was malfunctioning :/

[Axcee]

Had problems with common sense then directing towards anxiety. Thanks for thhis amazing video

[jameszelaznysr.]

I thought common sense was having the wisdom of knowing right from wrong and in any situation you try to do what is right. It probably starts when people first put their hand in fire I wonder what the right answer is it just might be common sense.

[kosmosnagios]

I was only listening with my right earphone and wondering why there are likes for a mute video.

[theontanga]

commone ground of reality - reality conversation

[jimbean]

Video might be good.
But the sound is bad.

[abhishekbhattacharjee]

This vid only plays from the right speaker would be very grateful if ted fixes this

[nexovec]

Common sense tells you the earth is flat

[arnelarboleda]

How to apply common sense? Fix the goddamn sound of your video in headset mode!