“The greater the anxiety humans feel, ironically, the more impaired is their brain’s cognitive efficiency.  In this zone of mental misery, the physical space to take in new information literally shrinks; and as life preoccupies us by anxiety or anger, our mental agility literally sputters to a squeaky halt.”

“Frazzle is word defined as a neural state in which emotional upsurges hamper the workings of the brain center.”  Allegedly, while frazzled we cannot concentrate or think clearly. And the premise is that the effects on thinking and performance caused by being mildly upset – frazzled – are initiated by the hassles of everyday life. For your amusement, check out the Science Magazine issue 280 (1998) pp. 1711-1713. Ann Arnsten’s article “The Biology of Being Frazzled” was groundbreaking ten years ago.

Hmm…so if we reduce the amount of frazzle experienced during the day, does that improve the quality of life?  It seems to be true. Arnsten says, “The biology of anxiety tosses people out of the sweet zone of brain performance, the basic neurobiology of frazzle causes people to go into the body’s default emergency plan for crisis”.  Remove the negative stimuli and thereby remove the frazzle effect.

Here’s where ‘experiencing a life of good quality’ plays the rubber and ‘changes in Panama City’ play the road…read on to understand the sources of becoming frazzled in Panama City, and what you as part of a group of developers in Panama might be able to do good – here and now.