Are We Really Having Fun at Bars or Just Escaping Reality? - Nir And Far
Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain
Numbing Your Emotions
We have emotions as signals to tell us intuitively to feel things. In a way, numbing your feelings is a fantastic way to not get those signals. This is what I call the definition of distraction: trying to escape uncomfortable emotional states by doing something that we later regret. High performers use their emotions but they use them as rocket fuel to propel them towards traction rather than trying to escape them with distraction.
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