How To Leverage Ancient Human Instincts

Embrace Your Inner Caveman

Embrace Your Nature

One of the biggest problems we humans have is that we still think like cavemen.

According to biologists, humans and chimps split off from a common ancestor 2 MILLION years ago. Which means whatever behaviors chimps have that we also have are AT LEAST 2 million years old.

Likely one of the most real and pesky hunter-gatherer hangover is our relentless desire to eat.

Our caveman brains don’t know there’s a 7-11 every two feet. It still thinks food is few and far between. So when an opportunity presents itself, we eat like there’s no tomorrow.

This strategy worked GREAT for cave-people. Because they really didn’t know where their next meal was coming from.

Now? Not so much.

Another holdover from our ancient history is our tendency to self categorize ourselves into groups based on some kind of hierarchy.

They’ve done this experiment again and again. They take a bunch of random people, and stick them in some isolated location. It doesn’t take long for a leader to emerge.

Everybody Loves A Winner

Unconscious Alignment

Now, how do they determine a leader? It’s not like on TV where they have discussions and vote. 

Everybody just kind of assumes their roles, which is either “follower” or “leader.”

They just kind of look out, take a quick inventory of everybody around them, and kind of “feel out” who’s strong, and who’s not. 

It’s very similar to that goofy card game where you pick a card, hold it to your forehead without looking at it.

Everybody tries to guess their own worth, compared to everybody else, based on the cards that others have.

If you look out into the group of strangers, and feel that YOU are the strongest, you’ll naturally start to act like a leader, and they’ll naturally start to follow.

This won’t require any shouting or chest thumping. It’s very natural, and everybody generally agrees pretty quickly AND pretty subconsciously, who’s who.

Now, here’s the important part. The more situations where YOU become the natural leader, the more opportunities you’ll have.

People will agree with you. People will offer to help you. People will naturally support you when you get into trouble.

People will even fight your battles for you to prove their loyalty.

There’s nothing fishy or manipulative going on here. This is purely subconscious, purely natural, and completely voluntary.

The truth is that most people would rather be followers. People are generally too afraid to leave the pack, even if to lead it.

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