Set Goals with BRAINWASHING!

So first, let's talk a little bit about evolutionary psychology.

There's a theory out there called the triune brain theory that our brain evolved in three stages where the first part of the brain to evolve was this little guy down here, the little brain stem.

This is actually what keeps our heart going, our blood flow, our breathing, digestion, all of our circulation, all the stuff that we can't consciously do.

We can't consciously control it.

The next part was this little guy up here.

This is the mammalian brain.

So this is kind of like the brain of an animal.

And finally, we have the neocortex, which covers up everything in that literally the word cortex means cover.

So if we're looking at the animal part of the brain, we kind of imagine something that's inside of an animal's head.

be it a chimpanzee or your dog.

It's pretty similar.

There's some intelligence and IQ differences there, but they're kind of similar.

One thing that's absolutely certain is that the mammalian part of the brain doesn't really comprehend language at all.

So what happens? The reason for this part of the brain, this is when we feel fear, when we experience something that's fearful, when we see something we really like, when we see a potential sexual partner.

It all rings off, but it doesn't work off of words.

It works off of visual images, it works off of pain, it works off of reward and fear.

So what it looks like down on the inside part of this brain is this little part right here.

So if this is what we really make all of our decisions with, which it is, most of our decisions in life come from this part of the brain.

So if we have a mammalian brain here in this little area and just a little bit surrounding this, How would we speak to that thing, that part of our brain that cannot understand English or any language? How do we communicate to that? It's the most powerful thing.

It drives our emotions.

It drives our decisions.

Our behaviors are really down deep inside of this part of our brain, but we can't talk to it.

So how would you speak to an animal? How would I convey a message to an animal? We have to do things that are visual and emotional.

And we're really going to break this down in just a few seconds.

When your brain thinks that something is really important to you, it looks all over the place for it.

So first, let's talk a little bit about evolutionary psychology.

There's a theory out there called the triune brain theory that our brain evolved in three stages where the first part of the brain to evolve was this little guy down here, the little brain stem.

This is actually what keeps our heart going, our blood flow, our breathing, digestion, all of our circulation, all the stuff that we can't consciously do.

We can't consciously control it.

The next part was this little guy up here.

This is the mammalian brain.

So this is kind of like the brain of an animal.

And finally, we have the neocortex, which covers up everything in that literally the word cortex means cover.

So if we're looking at the animal part of the brain, we kind of imagine something that's inside of an animal's head.

be it a chimpanzee or your dog.

It's pretty similar.

There's some intelligence and IQ differences there, but they're kind of similar.

One thing that's absolutely certain is that the mammalian part of the brain doesn't really comprehend language at all.

So what happens? The reason for this part of the brain, this is when we feel fear, when we experience something that's fearful, when we see something we really like, when we see a potential sexual partner.

It all rings off, but it doesn't work off of words.

It works off of visual images, it works off of pain, it works off of reward and fear.

So what it looks like down on the inside part of this brain is this little part right here.

So if this is what we really make all of our decisions with, which it is, most of our decisions in life come from this part of the brain.

So if we have a mammalian brain here in this little area and just a little bit surrounding this, How would we speak to that thing, that part of our brain that cannot understand English or any language? How do we communicate to that? It's the most powerful thing.

It drives our emotions.

It drives our decisions.

Our behaviors are really down deep inside of this part of our brain, but we can't talk to it.

So how would you speak to an animal? How would I convey a message to an animal? We have to do things that are visual and emotional.

And we're really going to break this down in just a few seconds.

When your brain thinks that something is really important to you, it looks all over the place for it.