Pedro Senhorinha Silva - Live Your IDEALS

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Don't Always Trust Your Brain

Don't Always Trust Your Brain

Why There Is No Safety in Predictability

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Jan 24, 2025
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"The only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability." -Remy from the Disney movie Ratatouille

Nothing is more dangerous than predictability.

Nothing is more dangerous than predictability.

Nothing is more dangerous than predictability.

Nothing is more danjeraus then perductabilify.

Don't Trust Your Brain

One of the biggest challenges that I have witnessed in the transformation work that I have participated in over the years is the tyranny of the human brain. At its best, the brain is a calculating marvel. And at its worse, it is a calculating menace. That's why I often tell people, "Don't trust your brain." The brain ultimately has one function--to MAKE YOU FEEL safe. And that is precisely why you can't trust it completely. Often the brain is too good at its job which sometimes means it will come up with all kinds of convoluted calculations to MAKE YOU FEEL safe even if it means putting you in predictable danger.

One such conjuring of the brain is something known as repetition comp…

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