What is the hardest task in the world?

To think, according to philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, to which I fully concur.

The sentiment is echoed in what Henry Ford had asserted:

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.”

What do you think about this assertion by the late Bob Proctor?

All I like to say is that it reminds me of what Henry Ford once said:

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."

To me, it's one of the most crucial cognitive skills one can develop. 

By practicing well-thought-out thinking, both our thoughts and decisions can make a positive change in our life, on both a professional and personal level. We can hugely improve our life by working on our critical thinking skills as often as you can.

Nevertheless, here's a nice comment from IT expert and philosopher Anand Damani:

"Thinking is never hard but a natural function that is always happening. Thinking is an activity done by one of the subatomic particles of the life-atom. 

It is a precursor and a prerequisite for any action that a human being can take. 

It is an activity that every human being is always doing. 

Being endowed with the power of imagination, human beings can keep thinking of anything and make their perception a reality that may not actually exist. 

Aligning thoughts with the actual reality is the purpose of life."

Well put! Thinking is indeed hard work!

QUITE A FASCINATING WAY TO PICTURE HUMAN THINKING...

"Human thinking is not very deep. In fact it’s only about 4 mm deep. That’s the thickness of the cerebral cortex or the brain’s gray matter. It contains a lot of neurons though - about 11 billion I read somewhere. About twice as many as that of a chimp.

It appears that it’s the size, density and connectivity of the brain’s neural network that makes it able to do what it does. Help us think.

I picture thinking as a cognitive process running on a neuroplatform, which in turn operates on 110 mV electrical pulses at the Ranvier nodes along axons and the flow of neurotransmitters across synaptic gaps. Still somewhat of a mystery how that turns into actual thoughts, ideas and perceptions in the human mind..."

Source: Brainovation Blog, by Anders Hemre, founder & CEO of InterKnowledge Technologies;