99.9% of our lives are driven by the emotional brain. The emotional brain here does not refer to being angry or happy. It concerns how we interpret our surroundings and react quickly. When we are weighing an activity and thinking about its pros and cons, that is called the rational brain. if you’re at the office at night and have a lot of work to do, should you stay or go home? that's a rational decision. But once you go home, the decision is driven by emotion. For example, picking up the key, and put them them in the pocket, take the elevator (without thinking). Even walking in the parking lot — the whole process happens without thinking. Starting the car engine, turning left and right — don’t even have to (think), and suddenly you find yourself at home. Our brain has mapped them thousands of times, which make actions easy, are driven by the emotional brain. That is not a reflex, it’s the work of our emotional brain. Just imagine — Liem Swie King and Rudy Hartono used to spend eight hours on the badminton court. As soon as they saw the shuttlecock, they knew it was out, so they simply let it go (without thinking). Because rational thinking takes longer, while the emotional brain can make decisions in just 50 nanoseconds. Finally, I understand that emotions play an important role in our lives.
According to Daniel Goleman, although not explicitly, emotional intelligence refers to.. (It does not mean just letting our emotions run freely). Instead, it is about preventing our rational brain is not too often too often hijacked by our emotions. Because our emotional brain has long taken control of the rational brain for survival purposes.
99,9 % kehidupan kita itu didrive oleh otak emosi. Otak emosi itu maksudnya bukan tentang marah atau gembira tetapi tentang bagaimana kita memetakan lingkungan dan merespon dalam waktu cepat. Kalau kita sedang menimbang2 suatu aktifitas, berpikir untung dan ruginya, itu namanya otak rasional. Misalnya juga kalau kamu di kantor, terus memutuskan untuk pulang atau gak? sedangkan di sini masih banyak pekerjaan, itu adalah keputusan rational.
Tapi begitu pulang, yang bekerja adalah keputusan emosi. Misalnya ngambil kunci masukkan saku, jalan turun naik lift, tidak pakai mikir. Bahkan jalan di parkiran, semua prosesnya (tidak perlu berpikir). Termasuk menghidupkan mesin juga mobil, belok kiri belok kanan, juga tidak perlu mikir tahu2 sampai rumah.
Kenapa demikian?
Karena otak kita itu sudah memetakan jalan itu ribuan kali, sehingga hafal. Itu bukan reflek, tapi itu adalah kinerja otak emosi kita.
Bayangin saja, dulu Lim Swie King and Rudy Hartono delapan jam di lapangan bulu tangkis. Mereka melihat shuttle cock sudah tahu ini keluar, yasudah dilepas. Karena mikir butuh waktu lama, sedangkan pakai otak emosi hanya butuh waktu 50 nano detik untuk memutuskan.
Akhirnya saya faham, bahwa emosi itu penting dalam kehidupan ini. Daniel Goleman, menyebutkan meskipun tidak secara eksplisit yang namanya cerdas secara emosi adalah bukan membiarkan emosi kita mengalir begitu saja. Tetapi bagaimana otak rasional kita, tidak terlalu sering dibajak oleh otak emosi. Karena otak emosi membajak otak rasional kita sudah sejak lama, untuk kepentingan bertahan hidup
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