Winning
You are biologically predisposed to enjoy winning.
What you make of it, how you interpret winning, or what it means to you is a separate process.
The experience of success initiates a fundamental reward process in your brain.
There is an important implication in this stimulus-response system.
Your motivation for reward often overrides your capacity to evaluate and make a decision.
This is why sending that email at 4pm proving your point can feel so satisfying.
Your reward-driven motivation overrides more complex executive decision-making.
In the moment, you get to feel like you won.
Long-term, the cost of winning erodes more important factors for performance.
Does hitting send on that email drive sustainable performance or erode trust?
1 sheep, 2 sheep, 3 coffees, no sleep,
- Morning Cup