My Way or the Highway

I love to analyze how everybody including myself behaves. There's a reason why we do a lot of it. Much of it has great survival value for a cave man because that's what we are physically built to be and instinctively, that's who we are evolved to be.

What I find interesting today is how we value the path we are on so much more than we value any other path.

The fact that I already have made a choice, makes me want to deceive myself, lose money or do anything, but look objectively at a different path.

The value, of course, is that we aren't all over the place. Our culture would never have developed cures for cancer or AIDS, weapons, space ships, if we didn't have a tendency to stick to things, so our species is bound and determine to stay put.

The problem is, cavemen don't get rich. They don't have the flexibility to make decisions and adaptations to a constantly changing environment. 500,000 years ago, the world changed at a pace of over 2000 years, not over 30 minutes. You’re not evolved to naturally do it, or to like it.

You're evolved to spend the money and power that you get. Your instant gratification is the cushy life you get for doing it right. So take your choice. Feel comfortable or do well, most people can't do both in this environment.

Good luck.