{"id":138502806,"date":"2017-01-05T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T22:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/defeat-herd-mentality-work-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:57:32","slug":"defeat-herd-mentality-work-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/hi\/defeat-herd-mentality-work-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Defeat the Herd Mentality (at work and in life)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54857\" src=\"https:\/\/acccapital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-1_4-Herd-Mentality.png\" alt=\"Herb Mentality\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last week on the blog, we talked about how to think like a great innovator. But what if you are not an innovator? What if you are stuck going with the flow? How do you break free? Try these helpful hints and incorporate them slowly into different areas of your life and watch your results shift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHerd mentality\u201d or groupthink can be defined as \u201ca pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics\u201d (Merriam Webster)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By this definition, we can identify three powerful strategies to avoid the herd mentality at work or in life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Know Thyself<br \/>\n<\/b>Avoid self-deception. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it well. \u201cWhatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves.\u201d \u00a0Benjamin Franklin said it even more succinctly. \u201cObserve all men; thy self most.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Self-awareness is a vital component to your ability to go against the flow. If you want to change the status quo, you must become a master of yourself. The greatest knowledge a person can gain is the knowledge of the lies one tells one\u2019s self. It is not the conscious shading of the truth that causes most damage but the unconscious untruths. Surround yourself with and value those who help illuminate your blind spots. Dig them up. Hunt them down. And uncover them. Learn to tell yourself the absolute and brutal truth at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Recognize Manufactured Consent<br \/>\n<\/b>Have you heard the expression, \u201che\u2019s preaching to the choir\u201d? That is manufacture of consent. Manufactured consent is \u201cthe practice of controlling or manipulating the norms, values etc. held by an audience by controlling what they are exposed to in the media.\u201d (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionarycentral.com\/definition\/manufacture-of-consent.html\">dictionarycentral.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Combat this obstacle by seeking out a variety of information sources. News or information sources that challenge your fundamental perspectives of an issue are particularly valuable. When you confront your own biases and beliefs with information that opposes them, you become stronger. Your ideas become more clear. You communicate your opinions and perspective more concisely and effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Ask \u201cWhy?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/b>One of the most powerful questions you can ask (yourself, or anyone else) is \u201cwhy?\u201d \u00a0Dedicate yourself to the task of uncovering underlying motivations for your opinions, beliefs, and actions. When your \u201cwhy\u201d comes into alignment with your core values, you become powerful. Clarity allows you to step out of the herd. When you have a clear understanding of what motivates you, you are free to choose your own path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Self-awareness, diverse information sources and an ability to align personal and professional values with driving motivations and a sense of purpose are all keys to defeating the herd mentality. Practice these skills and you soon find yourself rising above the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week on the blog, we talked about how to think like a great innovator. But what if you are not an innovator? What if you are stuck going with the flow? How do you break free? 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