THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOOKING UP REPORT

Overview
GREAT THINGS
HAPPEN TO
YOUR BRAIN,
& YOUR LIFE,
WHEN YOU
LOOK UP & OUT.
Why Should You Look Up?
How Looking Up Can Change Your Brain & Your Life
WHEN YOU DAYDREAM YOUR
BRAIN FORMS ABSTRACT
CONNECTIONS, CREATIVE
IDEAS & AHA! MOMENTS
WHEN YOU LOOK UP
& OUT AT THE WORLD
AROUND YOU, YOU CAN
BUILD NEW BRAIN
WHEN YOU LOOK UP
YOU CAN INCREASE
AWARENESS &
ACCESS INSIGHT
The connection you make by looking up and out – at your streets,
suburbs and cities, at the sky, trees or the horizon line, and at
each other with a glance, smile or short conversation – is more
than a way to pass the time. It meets a fundamental human need
in our hardwiring for connection.
When allowed to roam, our brain does wonderful things. By letting
it riff we allow ourselves the opportunity to increase creativity,
develop new ideas, unearth insights, hone our intuition and
solve problems differently by lengthening and broadening our
viewpoint to think longer term.
When you look up at someone you light up their brain and start
synchronising with them. And we each have the power to rewire
both our brains, and those of the people we interact with.
In a complex, powerful and beautiful system such as the societies
we live in, the power and beauty is in the connections
between individuals. It is what shapes our social system and
determines its health, and ours.
Far from being a waste of time, looking up and out is profoundly
valuable and utterly necessary.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT
SOMEONE IN THE EYES
YOU LIGHT UP EACH
OTHER’S BRAIN
WHEN WE LOOK UP & OUT
AND ENGAGE DIRECTLY
WE CAN SYNCHRONISE
AS A GROUP
WHEN YOU LOOK UP
& OUT IT CAN BUILD
EMPATHY, TRUST,
AND A SENSE OF
HOPE & BELONGING
WE CAN SYNCHRONISE
AT SCALE, WITH A
CONTAGION EFFECT
THAT CAN BE POSITIVE
OR PROBLEMATIC
WHEN YOU LOOK UP IT
LENGTHENS & DEEPENS
YOUR VIEW SO YOU CAN
THINK LONG TERM &
BETTER SOLVE COMPLEX
PROBLEMS
WHEN WE LOOK UP & OUT
WE CAN IMPACT HOW WE
CONNECT, HOW WE LIVE &
THE SOCIETIES WE SHAPE
TOGETHER
LOOKING UP & OUT TO CONNECT WITH THE WORLD AROUND US,
& EACH OTHER, IS WHAT HUMANS ARE HARDWIRED FOR.
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