Core Emotions Are Programs for Action, and These Actions…
Core Emotions Are Programs for Action, and These Actions Are Meant to Be Adaptive to the Moment or sex-Emotions drive us to act in the moment. We feel these as im-pulses. Be it anger, sadness, fear, disgust, joy, excitement, ual excitement, core emotions prime us for action. We learn abour our specific impulse by tuning in to our body in the moment we are having an emotional experience. The impulse will reveal itself when we focus on the emotion. There are general impulses for each core emotion.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Co
In the book
These are not decisions. They are programs for action, wired into you by eons of evolution, firing before you can vote on them. [Tell here, in your own words, about a moment when your feelings flew the plane before your reason could — a time you said or did something in a flash of anger, fear, or hurt, and only understood afterward what had taken the controls.] — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
Also belongs to
- The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)
- Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)
- Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)
- Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)