Reframe Your Assumptions For More Joy
Evolution has wired you to cause your own suffering without you even realizing it. But it can be unveiled to reveal how you can get back to joy. The evidence is clear that evolution has selected for humans to default to taking things personally and assuming the worst. If you see a nearby lion roar it’s best to assume the worst, take it personally, and run for your life. As a survival mechanism, this default assumption kept us alive and, so, nature selected for this trait. Our minds, being overly conservative in their approach to safety, apply this interpretation to most […]