Mark Manson

for like 40% of the time so that the adult, the rational part of our brain can get to work and do the right things and be a functioning human being. But what's interesting is that if you look at psychological research, it turns out that we're all very driven. It's actually the emotional side of our brain is the one that's driving the car. And the thinking part of our brain is very good at

for like 40% of the time so that the adult, the rational part of our brain can get to work and do the right things and be a functioning human being. But what's interesting is that if you look at psychological research, it turns out that we're all very driven. It's actually the emotional side of our brain is the one that's driving the car. And the thinking part of our brain is very good at

for like 40% of the time so that the adult, the rational part of our brain can get to work and do the right things and be a functioning human being. But what's interesting is that if you look at psychological research, it turns out that we're all very driven. It's actually the emotional side of our brain is the one that's driving the car. And the thinking part of our brain is very good at

for like 40% of the time so that the adult, the rational part of our brain can get to work and do the right things and be a functioning human being. But what's interesting is that if you look at psychological research, it turns out that we're all very driven. It's actually the emotional side of our brain is the one that's driving the car. And the thinking part of our brain is very good at

And if we're not aware that we're doing that, then the rational side of our brain is kind of enslaved by our emotions to always just justify whatever we feel about ourselves. And so what I argue in that part of the book is that Instead of trying to work against our emotions or suppress our emotions or deny our emotions, we need to work with our emotions.

And if we're not aware that we're doing that, then the rational side of our brain is kind of enslaved by our emotions to always just justify whatever we feel about ourselves. And so what I argue in that part of the book is that Instead of trying to work against our emotions or suppress our emotions or deny our emotions, we need to work with our emotions.

And if we're not aware that we're doing that, then the rational side of our brain is kind of enslaved by our emotions to always just justify whatever we feel about ourselves. And so what I argue in that part of the book is that Instead of trying to work against our emotions or suppress our emotions or deny our emotions, we need to work with our emotions.

And if we're not aware that we're doing that, then the rational side of our brain is kind of enslaved by our emotions to always just justify whatever we feel about ourselves. And so what I argue in that part of the book is that Instead of trying to work against our emotions or suppress our emotions or deny our emotions, we need to work with our emotions.

And if we're not aware that we're doing that, then the rational side of our brain is kind of enslaved by our emotions to always just justify whatever we feel about ourselves. And so what I argue in that part of the book is that Instead of trying to work against our emotions or suppress our emotions or deny our emotions, we need to work with our emotions.

explaining our emotional impulses in a way that sound very reasonable and rational. they aren't necessarily. And so really we are very impulsive creatures. We all make most of our decisions based on our emotions, based on our feelings.

explaining our emotional impulses in a way that sound very reasonable and rational. they aren't necessarily. And so really we are very impulsive creatures. We all make most of our decisions based on our emotions, based on our feelings.

explaining our emotional impulses in a way that sound very reasonable and rational. they aren't necessarily. And so really we are very impulsive creatures. We all make most of our decisions based on our emotions, based on our feelings.

explaining our emotional impulses in a way that sound very reasonable and rational. they aren't necessarily. And so really we are very impulsive creatures. We all make most of our decisions based on our emotions, based on our feelings.

explaining our emotional impulses in a way that sound very reasonable and rational. they aren't necessarily. And so really we are very impulsive creatures. We all make most of our decisions based on our emotions, based on our feelings.

We need to understand the role that each part of our mind plays. Because the emotional side of our brain is incredibly important. It determines our motivation. It determines our inspiration. It determines... where we feel value and significance in our lives.

We need to understand the role that each part of our mind plays. Because the emotional side of our brain is incredibly important. It determines our motivation. It determines our inspiration. It determines... where we feel value and significance in our lives.

We need to understand the role that each part of our mind plays. Because the emotional side of our brain is incredibly important. It determines our motivation. It determines our inspiration. It determines... where we feel value and significance in our lives.

We need to understand the role that each part of our mind plays. Because the emotional side of our brain is incredibly important. It determines our motivation. It determines our inspiration. It determines... where we feel value and significance in our lives.

We need to understand the role that each part of our mind plays. Because the emotional side of our brain is incredibly important. It determines our motivation. It determines our inspiration. It determines... where we feel value and significance in our lives.

And so if we deny that part of ourselves and just try to be rational all the time, then we're kind of gutting ourselves of the meaning in our lives. So what I argue is that, you know, we should get the two sides of our brains talking to each other and listening to each other, which is difficult because they kind of speak different languages. But in my opinion, that's kind of what