Matt O'Donnell

Your emotions are feedback, not facts. Just because something feels like it’s true doesn’t mean it has to be true.

There’s no such thing as a good or bad emotion—only good or bad reactions to an emotion.

The study revealed a powerful priming effect: participants who first wrote about their present situation before thinking about the future showed significantly more exploratory thinking than those who were first primed by the past8. This highlights that our immediate mindset heavily influences how we approach what's next.