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There's almost nothing more important to understand than that. It's like, because your brain can't compute what's positive until it knows what the direction is and it sees you making progress. So no aim, first rule there is no aim, no positive emotion. And the second rule is progress towards an aim once specified is positive emotion. And then there's a corollary, which is something like,

Well, it's like steepness of approach. Let's say you make some approach to a goal, but the goal doesn't really matter. It's like you're not going to get a lot of kick. But let's say if you have a really high-order goal, that would be one that would be divinely inspired, let's say. Well, then any progress towards that is going to give you a kick.

Well, it's like steepness of approach. Let's say you make some approach to a goal, but the goal doesn't really matter. It's like you're not going to get a lot of kick. But let's say if you have a really high-order goal, that would be one that would be divinely inspired, let's say. Well, then any progress towards that is going to give you a kick.

Well, it's like steepness of approach. Let's say you make some approach to a goal, but the goal doesn't really matter. It's like you're not going to get a lot of kick. But let's say if you have a really high-order goal, that would be one that would be divinely inspired, let's say. Well, then any progress towards that is going to give you a kick.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

So I got something cool to tell you about that. I learned this from a friend of mine. I did a podcast with him, and he's a deep biological thinker, and he was very interested in honeybee communication. So what honeybees do is they go find a flower patch that's a treasure store, let's say, right? So it's a name for the honeybees. And they go back and they communicate about...

So I got something cool to tell you about that. I learned this from a friend of mine. I did a podcast with him, and he's a deep biological thinker, and he was very interested in honeybee communication. So what honeybees do is they go find a flower patch that's a treasure store, let's say, right? So it's a name for the honeybees. And they go back and they communicate about...

So I got something cool to tell you about that. I learned this from a friend of mine. I did a podcast with him, and he's a deep biological thinker, and he was very interested in honeybee communication. So what honeybees do is they go find a flower patch that's a treasure store, let's say, right? So it's a name for the honeybees. And they go back and they communicate about...

the direction and the distance. So they communicate about the energy that has to be expended to go to this flower bed. But one question the other bees have, so to speak, is, well, is the journey worth the effort? And the way the honeybees communicate that is that the more rich the storehouse, the faster they dance.

the direction and the distance. So they communicate about the energy that has to be expended to go to this flower bed. But one question the other bees have, so to speak, is, well, is the journey worth the effort? And the way the honeybees communicate that is that the more rich the storehouse, the faster they dance.

the direction and the distance. So they communicate about the energy that has to be expended to go to this flower bed. But one question the other bees have, so to speak, is, well, is the journey worth the effort? And the way the honeybees communicate that is that the more rich the storehouse, the faster they dance.

It's exactly the same thing that enthusiastic leaders do when they're talking about the goal. It's like, so the way people calibrate that is like, if I can see you enthusiastic and energetic about something, I assume that you truly believe that the goal is worth the effort.

It's exactly the same thing that enthusiastic leaders do when they're talking about the goal. It's like, so the way people calibrate that is like, if I can see you enthusiastic and energetic about something, I assume that you truly believe that the goal is worth the effort.

It's exactly the same thing that enthusiastic leaders do when they're talking about the goal. It's like, so the way people calibrate that is like, if I can see you enthusiastic and energetic about something, I assume that you truly believe that the goal is worth the effort.

Because otherwise you wouldn't risk expending that much energy. Exactly right.

Because otherwise you wouldn't risk expending that much energy. Exactly right.

Because otherwise you wouldn't risk expending that much energy. Exactly right.

So... So one of the... I've been studying these ancient stories in the Old Testament a lot.