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206 - Friday Fix: How to Make Wise Decisions

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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When Your Emotions Go Up, Your Logic Goes Down

Think of it like a spectrum. Your rational mind is on one end and your emotional mind is on the other. You want to be somewhere in the middle when you make a decision. But often when we make choices, those things aren't in balance. As your emotions go up, your logic goes down. And when your logic goes up, your emotions go down. Emotions need to be a factor in your decisions, even business decisions. If you made every decision in life based on logical thinking only, you'd live an incredibly boring life. Sometimes our decisions that are either far too logical or far too emotional can work out. But when they do, it's often somewhat random and it

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