There's a cognitive bias in psychology called the urgency effect.
And what the urgency effect is,
Is when you have a tendency to prioritize what's urgent or what feels urgent.
Like I need to respond to that email.
I need to pick up that text.
I need to clean up that mess.
And it derails you.
From actually doing what's important in the moment.
What's important is you showing up in a way that aligns with your values.
Now,
Urgency and values have a different kind of feel to them in your body.
I find that urgency,
When something feels urgent,
It has that kind of craving,
Running,
Chasing,
Maybe energy rising kind of feel.
Check it out for yourself next time you have that pull to do something that feels like you must do it now.
Receiving an email that's in all caps,
You know,
Urgent,
How that activates your system.
Urgency is a threat system activator,
And it gets us going into drive,
Right?
Values have a bit more groundedness to them,
A little bit more heart-centeredness to them,
A little bit of a more deeper knowing to them.
And values are nothing that you get to or get done with.
They're how you are,
How you live.
How you behave.
If someone's watching you in your day,
They can see you exuding your values by how you're interacting with other people,
Or maybe even how you're interacting with yourself or with nature.
And notice how my own voice just starts to slow down.
I feel a little bit more.
Grounded.
When I'm talking about.
My values.
So urgency has a speediness to it.
Urgency has a clinginess to it.
Urgency has a shoutingness to it.
It's telling you,
This is urgent.
Pay attention to me now.
And Very few things in life are actually that urgent.
A lot of things in life actually require you.
Check-in.
Slow down.
Connect with yourself.
Get into a wiser space.
That knows what's most important in this moment.
And when you do that,
You'll feel it.
Deeper.
Richer.
Or grounded.
That deep heart space that tells you you can do it.
What's right for you.
Those are your values.
