Twitter user explains 40 concepts in ‘megathread’, netizens call it informative

My friends, a new MEGATHREAD has arrived!

In 40 tweets I’ll explain 40 useful concepts you should know.

Reading time: ~7 minutes.
Value: a lifetime.

Thread:

— Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) July 8, 2022

Tweaking the term, procrastination, he used ‘procrastivity’ to describe the activity of avoiding work by doing something else that feels productive. To elucidate his point, Gurwinder gave the example of endlessly researching productivity hacks.

2. Procrastivity
We often avoid work by doing something else that feels productive so we don’t feel guilty. For example, endlessly researching productivity hacks instead of actually being productive. Beware that your brain can justify procrastination by disguising it as progress.

— Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) July 8, 2022

For social media users, Gurwinder’s advice is to not respond emotionally to trolls and toxicity. As per the “grey rock method”, while responding to trolls, “toxic people get what they want – your time and energy and it further leads to more trolls.”

The Twitter user also came up with a solution for people finding it difficult to solve their problems. According to Solomon’s Paradox concept, “people solve others’ problems easily as they are able to view them objectively. So, the hack is to imagine yourself as helping a friend.”

4. Solomon’s Paradox:
We’re better at solving other people’s problems than our own, because detachment yields objectivity. But Kross et al (2014) found viewing oneself in the 3rd person yields the same detachment, so when trying to help yourself, imagine you’re helping a friend.

— Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) July 8, 2022

In addition, as per babble hypothesis, a leader is chosen based on the amount of time he or she speaks. “11. Babble Hypothesis: According to multiple studies, what best predicts whether someone becomes a leader? Their experience? Their IQ? No!The amount of time they spend talking. It doesn’t even matter what they say, just how much they say it. We suck at picking leaders,” Gurwinder tweeted.

11. Babble Hypothesis:

According to multiple studies, what best predicts whether someone becomes a leader? Their experience? Their IQ?

No!

The amount of time they spend talking. It doesn’t even matter what they say, just how much they say it.

We suck at picking leaders.

— Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) July 8, 2022

Gurwinder also has a hack for people struggling to become creative. “Roleplay yourself as someone accomplished in the particular field like Lady Gaga, Winston Churchill and do the work as they will do,” he said.

Many users found the long thread informative. A user commented, “Brilliant thread although I’d be amazed if you can read it in 7 minutes!”

This is an absolute gem of a thread.

Anyone will be able to relate to at least 5/6 of them in real life (by hearing about it, being present in the situation, or just be knowledgeable to know about it.)

My Sunday read is done ✅ https://t.co/MNT1uFguiY

— Arjun Ohri (@ohri_arjun) July 10, 2022

Interesting thread with some interesting wisdom. Might take a lil longer than 7 minutes to digest. https://t.co/Vn0Bo6mh1C

— Kaelyx (@AshenKae) July 10, 2022

Some food for thought here 😳 https://t.co/6w07VweEr0

— Dr Mark Porter (@drmarkporter) July 10, 2022

Some very, very good food for thought here. A lot of these ideas resonate strongly with me and I’ll be carefully looking at some of the others again. #WorthARead https://t.co/qHfT4wxDIC

— Jonathon Watkins (@PhotoGlow) July 10, 2022