Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

In this episode, we look at how fear is used as a tool to influence your decisions and what you can do about it.  Sponsor: http://neuyear.net/tinyleaps coupon: tinyleaps The Problem Human beings are weak both emotionally and physically As a species we started out at the bottom of the heap Through the continued development of our brain we were able to get stronger Now we rule the planet, but the fear is still there That fear can be harnessed to create environments where control is easier Digging Deeper The amygdala is the part of the brain that handles fear responses. It also handles the fight or flight response. Logical thinking and processing happens in higher levels of the brain It’s said that before we can think about something logically, we first have to process it emotionally. That processing determines if we are in danger or not, if the information is relevant or not...etc. So when something triggers a fear response, we often don’t ever get to the logical thinking piece of the