The next time you're triggered,
Try this.
Passenger or pilot.
It can't be both.
Your life.
Is traveling in this beautiful plane.
Everything's going great.
Things are working just fine.
And then something happens and everything gets derailed.
An alarm goes off on the plane and the passenger's first instinct is We need to land this plane.
We need to change the course.
Something is wrong.
This is terrible.
Oh my gosh,
We're gonna die.
Alarm going off in a plane passenger with their limited abilities and their heightened emotions will derail everything.
Now think about the experience of a pilot.
A pilot has more information.
A pilot has more perspective.
A pilot has more tools.
The pilot hears that alarm.
Looks and says oh there's a an alarm in the kitchen.
Looks at the camera sees that someone put the toast into the toaster for slightly too long and the smoke detector is going off.
Pilot takes a breath.
Pilot fixes the issue.
Pilot continues on the course.
Passenger or pilot.
You can't be both.
Now here's the.
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Super interesting thing about this.
The amygdala.
The place that is responsible for that panic response.
It is.
One hundredth of a second closer to your brain stem.
Than your prefrontal cortex,
The pilot.
It's a snap of a finger.
That's how much closer it is.
A snap of a finger is equivalent to a breath.
Next time you're triggered,
Remember that the passenger will hear the alarm,
The amygdala will,
And if you can slow down just for a moment,
Take a breath and perhaps repeat the simple affirmation,
I am the pilot of my life.
I'm going to take a breath.
That snap of a finger,
That breath,
That reframe from passenger to pilot will give you perspective or allow you to slow down.
And perhaps will allow you to stay on course so you can continue building momentum for your life.
Thank you for watching,
My name's Darius,
And I'll see you next time.
