1-master your emotional self Flashcards
man
man can only get better by being told
hercules in athens
Hercules rebuilt Athens by building monument to bring out their spirit
Athena as a god
Athena stood for rationality
emotions narrow our mind
reaction
don’t react to what others give you or pull your attention to grab your emotions
external forces
thinks about external forces to read the mass
rationality
you have to feed your reactions to rationality
types of irrational
irrational:
-moods
-inflamed moods-frames
-understand where is your irrationality comes from
emotions are engrained in human nature
3 parts for brain
-lower-reptiles-instinct
-middle-mammalian-feeling
-top-new cortex-logic
becoming rational-3 steps
1-biases
2-inflating factors
3-bring out rational self
biases:
react and sooth out egos-pleasure seeking
bias types
confirmation bias: interpreting what exists to your own desire
conviction bias: heated arguments with no backup
appearance bias: not who they are only what they show
group bias: belonging makes it reality
mistake bias: making same path with no retrospection
superiority: you are blind, but can become mature and better
happening at the moment
only defense to go against the past childhood is to realize that it is happening at the moment
expressing inflated emotions
expressing inflated emotions can affect others as well
in groups
in groups be aware of diabolical emotions and extreme ones-don’t get exploited-put down demagogs and ask for details
rational behavior
-know yourself-look inward under stress-take your time
-take pity to people rather than confront