Why do we so often sabotage our work?

Amygdala location in the brain

Why do we so often sabotage our work? We have an idea, we put it into practice, and when we are about to ship we sabotage it. Why do we so often do it?

It's because of our lizard brain, this is the name that Seth Godin gives to the amygdala, the part of our brain responsible for survival and fear. The problem is that our lizard brain does not like exposure or change, he is afraid of criticism, of losing it all, and so he does everything he can to keep us quiet, doing what we usually do without standing out, because standing out is scary, standing out threats our survival. And so, when we are about to ship we tend to panic and find a way to sabotage our work so we don't have to ship, and thus we don't have to expose ourselves.

Whatch the video and learn how you can quiet your lizard brain and leave a comment with your opinion.


Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain from 99% on Vimeo.

Have a wonderful day,
R.