Emotions vs Logic

Are emotions & logic meant to be enemies?
Or are the 2 meant to be friends?

Think about that.

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If you were to ask me, the answer is the latter.
Emotions & logic are meant to be friends.
Great friends at that!

But due to crude intellect, we often want to pick a side.
We confuse tribalism as a part of intellect.
We create a VERSUS narrative rather than an AND narrative.

'Meaning?'
Meaning that we say logic VERSUS emotion.
Rather than logic AND emotion.

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Most things in life have an opposite party to it.
When we are immature, we strictly identify with one side & ridicule the other side.

This causes us to fail to understand (not condone, but understand) the other side.

This happens.
And many corporations, marketers, politicians understand this.

Which is why it's so easy to pit humans against one another.
A simple narrative of an us VERSUS them story needs to be formed.
And the dualistic mind of the herd will pounce on that.

In reality, emotions & logic were never meant to be enemies.
We just failed at seeing the relationship.

- People who are hardcore into emotions call people who love logic, robots.
- People who are hardcore into logic call people who love emotions, crybabies.

But when the 2 worlds meet, we create a supercharged personality.

My personal tip?
Lead with emotional management & gently invite in critical thinking.
That's my personal strategy.

I tried the opposite before, and made a tough realization.
Emotional management can lead to critical thinking skills.
But critical thinking skills cannot always lead to emotional management.

That's how it worked for me in my personal life.
Why?

Because humans are naturally emotional creatures.
And controlling the emotions allows us to control our foundation.

By controlling our foundation, it's easier to connect dots in a systematic way that leads to practical results...aka: critical thinking.

On the flip side, if you just embrace critical thinking & laugh off emotional management, then get ready to be humbled.

I recall this one dude in his 60s during Campus Public Speaking Club, who kept talking about how many credentials he had in his job.
Said he spoke on stage all the time.

That meeting, he got called to do Table Topics.
The impromptu speech section of CPSC.
NO PREPRATION.
Just get on stage & talk about a given topic.

This cocky dude was terrified....
And ended up saying nothing.

After the meeting, he said CPSC just wasn't for him.

Maybe it wasn't. I'm not a mind reader.
But in reality, I think it was for him...

However, I think he was great at planned speeches.
Just not impromptu speeches.

And him failing like that bruised his ego.
He was incapable of thinking clearly when he was placed in a new environment.
Emotional turmoil made him choke.

A lot of people can think clearly….until they are terrified.

But once you start getting a strong grasp on your emotions, it's easier to spot when you are being rational or irrational in terms of your own life.
You begin enhancing self awareness.

Logic almost falls cleanly out of self awareness.
Not saying you are not going to have to practice problems solving.
But self awareness makes it easier to connect dots.

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Once you can connect dots in terms of your life, its easier to do it in terms of outside reality.

I say all that to say this.
Emotions & logic are meant to be friends.
Not enemies.

But from my experience, the mind does not make the best master.
It's makes a beautiful servant though.

Lead with emotions. Control your emotions.
Become fearless.

And from there, a clear mind will connect the dots with logic in a clarified manner.

It's your friendly hive communities and tribes networker...

- Trilli.