Intuition, our feelings, suspicions, sensations - cannot lie. We have always been taught, and even now they are talking about it, that when making a decision, it is necessary to think through everything carefully, turn on the brain, logic, and emotions, on the contrary, must be turned off. But only now some experts consider this a complete delusion. For example, neuroscience assures that when making decisions, you need to listen to your inner voice, and that without emotions a person will never be able to take even a deliberate step!
Here's an example for you. One day, a patient came to a famous American neurobiologist with a very serious problem for him. He recently had a tumor removed near his frontal lobe. He remained a normal adequate person, even retained his IQ level, but for some reason he could not concentrate on making a decision.
For a man, this was a real torment. He could think for a very long time what color pen he should write with, think about where it would be better for him to dine, choosing menus, going around restaurants, but never deciding anything in the end. It turned into some kind of pathological inability to make decisions!
During a check of his body, it was revealed that along with the removal of the tumor, his orbitofrontal cortex was damaged. It is she who, among other things, is responsible for building emotions in the decision-making process! The neuroscientist became interested in a similar case, and began to analyze similar situations with other people with similar damage. Indeed, everything came together. Patients were simply unable to make simple decisions, such as what movie to watch or what to wear to work! If a person does not have an emotional attachment to any subject, it is difficult for him to make decisions.
It turns out that a person, even unconsciously, when he needs to take a step, turns on his emotions. Therefore, experts recommend that everyone listen to their inner voice more often. Speaking of people with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex, we can say that they simply have nothing to cling to. They can turn on the logic and prove for a long time that option A is correct, but they will not be able to explain why it is not necessary to stop at option B. Not because they have lost their mind, become stupid, or simply do not know anything, but because there is no emotional attachment!
Can you explain logically why you eat what you eat for breakfast? Why does it benefit you? How do you know this? Why are you so sure of this? Or maybe you still eat something useless or even harmful? Just think, just 5 minutes, and you will realize that you are not able to explain anything. Because if you don’t connect emotions, you won’t be able to make decisions!
That is why it is worth developing the ability to hear the inner voice. Develop your intuition, pick up the signals sent to us by the body. After all, it happens that you make a decision, but for some reason your inner voice resists, you feel that something is wrong, that perhaps you are mistaken. The fact is that our emotions are able to read signals that are simply not achievable for our mind!
So don't even try to hide your emotions and ignore them when you're about to make a decision. It is emotions that are much better than the rational mind are able to notify you about what is right, useful, effective for you. It is with the help of our emotions that we can make truly right decisions!
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