Controlled processing is limited—we can think consciously about one thing at a time only—but automatic processes run in parallel and can handle many tasks at once.

I can resolve

The rider evolved to serve to the elephant. But

By choosing to stare at something that revolts the automatic system, the rider can begin to change what the elephant will want in the future.

The mind is divided into parts that sometimes conflict.

Few of our potential sources of wisdom are nonsense, and many are entirely true.

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. —BUDDHA

“Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.”

Because whatever happens, you’re likely to adapt to it, but you don’t realize up front that you will. We are bad at “affective forecasting,” 5 that is, predicting how we’ll feel in the future.