Have you ever set a 5 AM alarm with perfect logical intentions, only to hit snooze five times because it “felt” better? Despite living in the safest, wealthiest time in history, we are facing a massive global crisis of hope and self-sabotage. Why? Because our fundamental understanding of self-control is backwards.

In today’s briefing of Mark Manson’s Everything Is Fucked, we dismantle the “Classic Assumption.” You’ll discover why your logical Thinking Brain isn’t actually driving the car of your life—your Feeling Brain is. Learn why raw willpower always fails and why you must stop bullying your emotions with cold, hard facts.

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