Emily McDonald

But it's really so important because I think a lot of us have this experience where in the beginning we face just so many challenges.

Most people don't just immediately pop off into immediate success.

So many of us face all of these challenges along the way and have to believe through all of this.

And so I think that being delusional absolutely is a pro-level brain hack.

I mean, it helps you unlock the power of belief, and belief is a biological advantage.

I mean, they've shown in studies that it improves performance, boosts confidence, makes you more likely to succeed and get the thing that you want.

And then it also boosts dopamine, right?

And dopamine motivates you to actually go and do it, right?

If I'm sitting here and I don't believe that I'm going to be able to grow my, for example, social media platform, or I don't believe I'm going to be able to write a good book,

Why would my brain motivate me to go and write this book?

Why would my brain motivate me to go and do that?

It wouldn't.

It wants to conserve energy.

And if there's no reward, perceived reward or perceived outcome there, my brain is not going to motivate me to go and do it.

So, I mean, having that delusional belief of just like, yeah, it's going to work out.

It's going to be great.

And, you know, really believing in that.

delusionally right without that not needing evidence because I think at first we don't have evidence and I think that's kind of what I mean when I'm talking about being delusional is believing without evidence and and I think a lot of times in the beginning you might not have that evidence and so it's kind of required.

I think there are multiple levels here.

I mean, just the first part of doubting yourself.