Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

In this episode, we look at how to stop reacting emotionally to tough situations.  Sponsor: Head over to www.blinkist.com/tinyleaps to get 25% off and a 7-day free trial. www.blinkist.com/tinyleaps The Problem You’ve probably heard before that humans are emotional creatures who make decisions based purely on feeling and then try to justify it afterwards with logic. This isn’t a new idea, it’s one that I’ve shared on this podcast in the past and it’s one that many others have discussed as well. This isn’t by accident. There are a few different ways that we process information but things tend to start with the amygdala (or the croc brain as some call it). This is the part of the brain that most if not all species have. Digging Deeper Before we can talk about fixing the issue we need to better understand what is going on. As I mentioned earlier, the Amygdala's job is to process information before it gets to the prefrontal cortex. With that said, when something gets to the Amygdala we aren’t actually make a