HOW TO OVERCOME ANXIETY
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If you go into the right hemisphere of If you go into the right hemisphere of your brain your brain your brain and start to get creative, and start to get creative, and start to get creative, something really magical happens. Just something really magical happens. Just something really magical happens. Just as anxiety shuts off creativity, as anxiety shuts off creativity, as anxiety shuts off creativity, creativity can shut down anxiety. It's creativity can shut down anxiety. It's creativity can shut down anxiety. It's like these two parts of the brain like these two parts of the brain like these two parts of the brain toggle. What I realized is that if I toggle. What I realized is that if I toggle. What I realized is that if I deliberately chose to push my brain deliberately chose to push my brain deliberately chose to push my brain toward creativity toward creativity toward creativity and get the right side moving, and get the right side moving, and get the right side moving, my anxiety shut down. Consistently, I my anxiety shut down. Consistently, I my anxiety shut down. Consistently, I found that this is the way found that this is the way found that this is the way to get rid of this horrific scourge that to get rid of this horrific scourge that to get rid of this horrific scourge that is ruining so many people's lives. is ruining so many people's lives. is ruining so many people's lives. People say, "Well, there are real People say, "Well, there are real People say, "Well, there are real problems. We really should be afraid." problems. We really should be afraid." problems. We really should be afraid." My answer to that is if you were in a My answer to that is if you were in a My answer to that is if you were in a horrible car accident, horrible car accident, horrible car accident, God forbid, God forbid, God forbid, and you had many injuries, would you and you had many injuries, would you and you had many injuries, would you want the surgeons working on you want the surgeons working on you want the surgeons working on you to be in a state of panic to be in a state of panic to be in a state of panic or calm creativity? The only way we're or calm creativity? The only way we're or calm creativity? The only way we're going to fix the problems we've made going to fix the problems we've made going to fix the problems we've made with our fear-based behavior is to with our fear-based behavior is to with our fear-based behavior is to access the incredible capacity of human access the incredible capacity of human access the incredible capacity of human creativity.
Summary
The main theme is how creativity can actively combat anxiety by engaging the right hemisphere of the brain. The analogy of surgeons working in a calm, creative state during a crisis illustrates the necessity of this approach, drawing a implicit parallel to facing life's "problems." The practical takeaway is to deliberately choose to foster creativity as a powerful tool to overcome fear-based behavior and its negative impact.