Rami Bareket

Make It Happen Rami Bareket

Life is a long road and we are like cars driving along the road - BUT WHO IS THE DRIVER?We are consistently in movement, reaching junctions dozens if not hundreds of times a day, needing to make decisions, some of them important or critical to our path down the road. Who is the driver? Who makes those decisions? Is it our rationale, our mind, or common sense? Or is it our feelings and will? You bought tickets to two different concerts, one was great deal that cost only $50 and the second cost $250. You made a mistake and you didn't notice that both concerts are on the same day. The tickets are nonrefundable, and you can't give them to a third party. You have to choose which concert to go. You know that the concert you paid $50 for is really a great one and the concert you paid $250 for is supposed to be good. Now, make a decision!Research showed that most will choose to go to the $250 concert, even though they know it's a less good one, just because they paid so much money for it. The result is that you will end paying $300 for the less successful concert!That's a feeling making decision. Dale Carnegie in his book "How to Win Friends and Influence People" writes, "When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity."Dr. Daniel Goleman in his book: "Emotional Intelligence" talks about how the majority of our actions is powered by emotions and feelings and how can it be that in one moment we can be so intelligent and in another so irrational? Kabbalah explains that the little common sense we have is drowning in the deep sea of desires and passions. It also says that the idea that human beings can transform themselves-that we are not captive to our mental and emotional configurations has tremendous power. If that's the case, the question is: Can we learn to be master of our emotional brain? And the answer is yes!