Chapter 11: Recognize the Roots of Anger

The secret to preventing a meltdown from happening is to catch it early because it will still be manageable. In order to prevent a meltdown we must do the following:

• Take a few deep breaths
• Give ourselves compassion and space to then
• Let go and move on

When we lose focus on the outside world and drift inward, the brain is putting ideas and events into perspective. 

When we mind-wander, rather than experiencing, organizing, and understanding things based on how they come to us from the outside world, we do it from within our own...

• Winners quit fast and often when a plan is not a good fit. The sunken cost fallacy might try to sway our decisions, but the “willingess to jetisson” (quit and switch paths when they are no longer a quality match for us) is a key trait for late specialization...