@tavelarocque: day 13 of the @higherupwellness speak your mind challenge. the worst that can happen is usually nothing. so why does it feel like dying? a salesman makes the call. gets it, great. doesn't, he's right back where he started. a job interview, a video you post, asking for the raise, same thing. the downside is almost always just back to neutral. poker players call that a freeroll. win big or lose nothing. so why does it feel like life or death? because for your ancestors it was. it's what scientists call the smoke detector principle. your brain is built for a world where overreacting to a threat cost nothing, but underreacting once meant you were dead. so you inherited a brain that treats every small risk like a predator. i felt this posting my first video. it felt like a mountain. the real downside if it flopped? exactly where i started. the fear was built for death, the reality was nothing. almost every risk you're avoiding is a molehill your caveman brain is selling as a mountain. take the freeroll. #psychology #fear #mindset #selfimprovement
