Memorable Quotes:
“We remember where danger is so we can avoid it in the future.” – Judson Brewer
“I’m gonna move toward something that feeds me and I’m gonna move away from something that threatens me.” – Jerry Colonna
“Just like the sea slug moves away from something that is threatening and toward something that feels good, we’re doing the same thing.” – Jerry Colonna
“We crave for something, we hold onto it, and then we become identified with it. So they describe this as the birth of a self-identity around a certain behavior.” – Judson Brewer
“Identity becomes reified every time we repeat that process…we become biased because we’re seeing the world through the way we’ve seen the world in our previous behavior.” – Judson Brewer
“I move away from something that is threatening, or something that is unpleasant. I move toward something that is pleasant being defined as reward.” – Jerry Colonna
“Rather than defining myself independent of my actions, I become associated with those actions and therefore associated with all the behaviors of those actions.” – Jerry Colonna
“The first hint of egotism is the beginning of all troubles.” – Judson Brewer
“I often identify with a character I call the Hulk. Who lives inside of me, to defend against the feeling that you provoke in that instant.” – Jerry Colonna
“Fear causes us to contract, contract down into the smallest ball possible, and to protect our vital organs.” – Judson Brewer
“That “I’m broken” identification is nothing but a pattern of habits that gets set up and reinforced every time we think, I’m broken, oh no. That actually gets reinforced.” – Judson Brewer
“I find that even bringing my own attention to the fact that I see that I’m broken as a pattern can if I’m not careful, create another pattern of, look at how broken I am. I see the fact that I’m broken and I get trapped in that loop.” – Jerry Colonna
“I exist outside of these habits of mind.” – Jerry Colonna
“I think, therefore I am identified.” – Judson Brewer
“I am addicted to anxiety and so my capacity to move quickly towards anxiety management strategies can, in fact, fuel my externalized successes.” – Jerry Colonna
“When I try to hack and I actually don’t really understand the system, I may in fact inadvertently reinforce the loops.” – Jerry Colonna
“If you don’t understand the behavioral mechanisms, how the heck are you gonna work with them? You might actually be feeding them.” – Judson Brewer
