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The Last Chance to Save Yourself
Before the brain you built completely replaces you
Disclaimer: Never ever underestimate my article — it exposes the real game.
Quick question. What did Abraham Lincoln do two hundred years ago?
Go on. What were his deepest fears, his darkest moments? Are you familiar with what he was embarrassed of, what kept him up at night? Do you know?
You don’t. None of us do.
And this, in many ways, is the best news I can tell you today.
The day you accept that you will die, and that you will only do it once, you stop needing to worry about what people think about you.
So go and do what you want to do. Nobody is watching. Make a fool of yourself.
It is scientifically backed that putting your life under too much scrutiny isn’t helping you to live it.
Your Brain Runs Two Programmes, And You’re Feeding The Wrong One
Imagine your brain as having two modes-one of safety, and one of intelligence.
If you take life too seriously, the stress of it will push your brain into its safety mode, waking up your amygdala and putting your prefrontal cortex to sleep.
