Reptilian brain · Threat Response
Environmental Displacement
Redirecting survival anxiety into control of trivial things — reformatting the deck, reorganising the folder — because the real threat cannot be acted on.
An everyday example
Spending the night before a critical negotiation adjusting slide fonts.
What it can cost you
Feeling productive while the actual decision goes unprepared.
Warning signs
- I am polishing instead of preparing.
- The real task feels too big to start.
One thing to do
Write the one thing that would change the outcome; do that first, however uncomfortable.
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