“We Need More People Like This!”
Linda highlights the challenges of maintaining focused attention during MI conversations, noting how easily we can be distracted by external stimuli or internal thoughts, which can lead to missed information and shifted conversation directions.
See MI and Perception, part 2 here
Linda Guijt is an educational psychologist specializing in perception. In this video she introduced the concept of attention as a flashlight illuminating a small portion of available information while leaving the rest in darkness. She explains that our attention is often reflexive, like when we hear an unexpected sound, but we can also direct it intentionally, though this requires significant energy.
Linda highlights the challenges of maintaining focused attention during MI conversations, noting how easily we can be distracted by external stimuli or internal thoughts, which can lead to missed information and shifted conversation directions.
