Leverage Your Instincts – Don’t Fight Them
It was called “Chimpanzee Politics,” and it was about this group of chimps in this huge compound somewhere in Europe. These scientists studied them for a couple years, recording their every move and social interaction.
They behaved very, very much like humans, hence the title.
The leader, or the alpha male, got most of the sex, and most of the food.
And when you consider that chimps and humans split off from a common ancestor over two million years ago, meaning that we’ve had that same programming in us for AT LEAST that long, it’s pretty mind boggling.
How long have our conscious minds been around? Scientists figure that language is a key. And they figure that language, besides grunts and hand signals, popped up maybe 30,000 years ago.
Which means our deeper instincts, that get us to organize into these “tribal hierarchies” have been the driving force of our existence for the majority of the time.
Even today, underneath the very recent, and very thin layer of our conscious brains (the neo-cortex) is that incredibly powerful subconscious, our collection of vast instincts.
Who do you think wins when the subconscious battles the conscious?
Try making the conscious decision to hold your breath for five minutes and see what happens!
Or try going on a diet of nothing but boiled chicken breasts for a month and see what happens!
Whether we like it or not, our subconscious minds are VERY powerful, and usually in control.
I know it sounds cool to use metaphors like “our conscious minds are the captain of the ship, and our subconscious is the engine room,” but it really isn’t like that.
Otherwise dieting would be easy. Talking to strangers would be easy. Standing up in front of people and giving speeches would be easy.
Any time we try and do something and feel a flood of conflicting emotions, it’s because our feeble conscious minds are saying, “But I want to do this!” while our subconscious minds are saying, “Um…no.”
Sometimes we recognize this, sometimes we don’t.
Most of the time we don’t go along with our subconscious instincts. We fight them, wish they didn’t exist, or think we are somehow “self-sabotaging” ourselves.
The secret is to not overpower your subconscious, or even control your subconscious. That would be like trying to swim against the tide.
Our caveman brains have taken us far. Why not act in congruence with them? Why not choose goals that are congruent with our deep instincts? Why not get the tide on our side?
One way to do that is to leverage the powers of social authority.
This is one of those thing that’s incredibly powerful, that we don’t usually notice.
When you can claim your rightful place at the top of the social food chain, everything will fall into place.
Just like our distant cousins, the chimps, whoever’s at the top gets most of the stuff.
It’s GOT to be somebody.
Why not you?
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