Taming Your Lizard Brain

Do you know why you feel resistance when you have a plan? You know what I mean-- that little voice telling you that you can't do it, or shouldn't do it, or wouldn't do it if you gave it more thought.

That resistance is coming from your lizard brain.

The lizard brain is a prehistoric lump near the brain stem that handles instinctive responses. It's part of your arsenal of basic survival skills.

The only problem is that the lizard brain is trying to keep you from threats that don't exist.

Hey, this lizard brain was designed to save you from dinosaurs!

Obviously, you don't have a dinosaur blocking your path to success, but your lizard brain is not so sure. It's very conservative and tries to stop you from going forward-- just in case there is a dinosaur walking around somewhere.

So, the lizard brain puts up all kinds of resistance. It will tell you that you're not good enough, there are too many obstacles, and you should really take a nap instead of writing your life story.

Listening to your lizard brain will keep you safe.

And sorry.

Show the lizard who is really in charge.