Akash Pomal

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I’m Akash. I’m a software developer turned life hacker and experimentalist. I am fascinated by human behavior biology, philosophy, science, technology and startups. I love to think deeply about topics and write!

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Heys

Heys is a collection of my letters I send to myself. It's a way for me to step out of me and reflect on me, and life.

Hey Akash, how are you doing today?

I’ve been thinking about this today, you always assume that your emotions drive your behaviors but what if it’s the other way around? What if you want to drive a certain behavior and so you induce the emotions that (you’ve learnt over time) will get you there?

For example, when you’re yelling at someone, you assume that it’s because you’re angry but what if it’s your goal to yell at them and so you get angry as you know it’s easier to yell when you’re angry. Or when you’re avoiding some task because you feel uneasy, it’s more probable that it is your goal to avoid the task and so you create this sense of uneasiness.

I think it probably didn’t start this way but I suspect over time your brain learnt that it can induce certain emotions to get you to do certain things. What’d you think?

Have a beautiful day my friend
Akash

Hey Akash how are you doing today ?

Akash your intellect is fundamnetally a tool in service of whatever direction you put it in. If you press the button of positivity, it’ll try and find the positive in everything; if you press the button of victimhood, it’ll show you all the ways you’re a victim; If you press the button of agency, it’ll show you all the opportunities.

what button are you pressing?

Thanks and have a lovely evening my friend Akash