Why your brain is crazy

Always remember, your brain is haywire.

Whether you’re trying to get healthier or make more money, it all comes down to the brain.

Studies show that what separates billionaires from ordinary people are their habits of the mind.

One of the best ways you can develop these habits is to seek out knowledge from people who have the financial life you desire.

Learning how they achieved financial success will rewire your brain for the same habits that helped them become wealthy.

Remember what the great philosopher Henry David Thoreau said:

“The average person leads a life of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”

In today's Book of the Day, "Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind" by Dr. David Buss, it talks about how our brains evolved a psychological mechanism that is directed toward the solution to a specific adaptive problem.

The reason for this is the 3 parts of the mind.

1. The rational brain

2. The emotional brain

3. The reptilian brain

No matter what we do when we think we’re smart, every thought starts by going through the reptilian brain.

This is because the reptilian brain is the first part of the brain that was developed evolutionarily.

The most recently developed part of the brain, the neocortex, is where you process all your thought.

The thing is you have to bypass the reptilian brain if you want to access your rational centers.

So when you're afraid that you might fail when you want to start your own business or make more money, it's because your reptilian brain is too strong.

You have to remember that humans are affected by environment.

That’s why you need mentors - the quickest way to be successful is to be around people who rub off on you visually and environmentally.

No one is as smart as they think they are.