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here are a lot of reasons and factors behind the pattern in which a particular person thinks or behaves. An iconoclast is the type of person who does what others say cannot be done.

This ability to challenge others and situations is determined by their level of perception, which is different, as are their interpretations, thought, learning and decision-making processes.

From a layman’s point of view the brain operates very much like a video camera. To make it simple, the eyes, specifically the retina, do operate like a video camera, but the brain does not. The brain takes that information and immediately starts transforming and operating it and this is a quick process. The brain functions more like a mediator here.

To explain it from the anatomical point of view, the decisions humans make can be traced to the firing patterns of neurons in specific parts of the brain.

Neuroeconomics emerged from this discovery, which studies the pattern in which the brain works, especially in an economic environment that demands innovation and performing in a unique way to be persistent, consistent and successful. A brain that can do this is an iconoclastic one.

It has also been suggested that, to be an iconoclast, the personality matters more than the brain and its thought process. The brain usually interprets the information coming from the eyes, the brain will interpret this information and process it in the quickest way possible.

This is usually based on past experience and any other sources of information, such as what other people say, to make sense of what it is seeing. This happens all the time. The brain is known for intelligence and hence it operates in a very unpredictable way.

Perception is not simply a product of what your eyes or ears transmit to your brain, it is also a result of biological and electrical rumblings. To be successful iconoclasts, individuals have the challenge of selling their ideas to other people despite having atypical personalities. Understanding how perception, social decision-making and the fear factor get intertwined with each other shows why successful iconoclasts are so rare.

This combination is too complex, the results vary too much
Iconoclasts create new opportunities through creativity and innovation, which again makes them atypical people. Rules are not important to them.

Iconoclasts face alienation and failure. If identified, they can be given tailor-made training to improve their efficiency and productivity.

Gayathri Suresh Kumar
Jakarta